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Morgan Spurlock: ‘I Am Part of the Problem’ [NYTimes.com]

 

Editor's note: This is the first person that we've seen who seems to look at his ACEs as the root for his behavior. 

Morgan Spurlock, the American documentary filmmaker, stepped down from his production company on Thursday, one day after he published a post saying that he had committed sexual misconduct in the past, including settling a harassment allegation and cheating on his wives and girlfriends.

An emailed statement from Warrior Poets, the independent production company that Mr. Spurlock co-founded, said that the decision was effective immediately, and that the company would be led by co-founder Jeremy Chilnick and another partner, Matthew Galkin. It did not give a reason and did not say whether his departure was permanent.

The announcement came after Mr. Spurlock posted a statement on Twitter late on Wednesday saying that as he was watching women publicly accuse high-profile men in a range of industries of sexual misconduct, it was “time for me to be truthful as well.”

.....In his post, Mr. Spurlock tried to examine the reasons for his actions. He said he was sexually abused as a boy and as a teenager, which he only told his first wife about because he was afraid of "being seen as weak or less than a man.”

“Is it because my father left my mother when I was child? Or that she believed he never respected her, so that disrespect carried over into their son?

He also said he struggled with daily depression and had been consistently drinking since the age of 13.....

To continue reading this article by Christine Hauser:  https://www.nytimes.com/2017/1...xual-misconduct.html

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A high-profile person accused of and admitting to sexual misconduct has connected the dots between his misconduct and his ACEs, and in the NYT, a newspaper of record, no less. This is major progress.

Thanks for posting this Jane.   What a great teaching moment for America.  A man owning up to his indiscretions, and sharing his childhood adversity as part of what likely drew him to acting out in this way as well as sharing his shame about not wanting anyone to know about his past.

 

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