Promising Young Woman
Released 21 APRIL
In an interview with that ran in February 2020, Harvey Weinstein’s attorney, Donna Rotunno, was asked by reporter Megan Twohey if she had ever been a victim of sexual assault. “I have not,” Rotunno replied. “Because I would never put myself in that position.” It’s not a surprise that the woman defending Weinstein would have such a misguided view of how predators operate, but it is a damning indictment of the world we live in all the same. For all the self-aggrandising award speeches and glittery placards with catchy slogans yearning for sexual enlightenment, many people still believe that, sometimes, women deserve to be assaulted. To be clear: that is unequivocal,
