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'Glee' star charged with domestic battery after allegedly hitting husband. 'Glee' star charged with domestic battery after allegedly hitting husband. Source ABC News & Daily mail Naya Rivera was arrested and charged with domestic battery after allegedly hitting her estranged husband, Ryan Dorsey. The two announced their split last year after two years of marriage. According to some sources Ryan Dorsey sustained minor injuries. She was later released on bail I chose This article because I feel like compared to men women are let of lightly when it comes to them being abusive towards men, because women are often shown as the main victim to abuse. Men are often perceived as this strong powerful person but in reality there just the same as women, but when people hear these types of stories where a woman is abusive to a male people often take it as a joke, due to the traditional stereotypes.  Another example where domestic abuse was not taken seriously was

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Terry Crews sheds light on why men don't speak out about harassment. Terry crews stated that he had never felt more emasculated than after being harassed by Adam Venit who is the head of the motion pictures. Terry crews is one of many people to come forward about being a victim of sexual harassment since the Harvey Weinstein scandal.  Terry crews states "Back in February 2016, I was assaulted by Adam Venit, who is head of the motion picture department at William Morris Endeavor, one of the biggest agencies in the world, period," Crews, 49, said live on " Good Morning America " on Wednesday. "He's connected to probably everyone I know in the business ... I did not know this man. I have never had a conversation with him, ever." Venit has been suspended until further investigation has been conducted. Since Allegations against Harvey Weinstein had been made people have started the #Me too movement, which was made to allow people to come for

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Hollywood movie mogul Steven Seagal accused of sexually harassing young actress on movie set. Source: The Sun  Hollywood star Steven has been accused of harassing a women who’s name has not been stated. The alleged victim stated that she was working on the seagal film Out for justice  when she was told to go to Seagal’s trailer for a “costume change” . She then claimed that  he propositioned her on the phone saying: “You are not comfortable sitting on my face for an hour?” The unnamed woman alleged Seagal first insisted the female actors gathered so he could “check us all out”. She also: “Moments later, a wardrobe assistant led me to Steven’s personal trailer, to his bedroom, and asked me to change into a corset. EPA “Then, Steven opened the door [and] tried to barge in. I said, ‘Excuse me, I am changing in here’, but he insisted, ‘I need to see what you look like’. “I told him that I wasn’t comfortable and began screaming for the wardrobe person. He just smirked and

Film comparisons

The three movies I will be comparing are, Moonlight, Kingsman and Skyfall. Whereas, all three of these movies share the trait of having male protagonists, each character comes from a very different background. The character Chiron from moonlight is a black man raised in the American hood by his drug-addicted mother. While both movies have different settings, a similarity can be seen as the character Eggsy from Kingsman lived in similar working-class conditions on an estate with his mother and violent stepfather. Character development can be seen with Eggsy as we watch him work his way up from being working class to middle/upper class. However, since he did this with help from Harry, it is suggested that working class people can’t make a life for themselves without the aid of someone of a higher status. In comparison to both Eggsy and Chiron's characters, the character of James bond is portrayed as a wealthy middle class man. This is shown through how he carries himself and his exp