Dear Media: Sexual Assault and Womanizing Are Not the Same Thing
The Random House Webster’s College Dictionary defines Womanize as “to pursue or court women habitually.” A Womanizer is defined as “a philanderer.”
The media might do well to revisit their dictionaries, or at least their Britney Spears lyrics, cause there seems to be a trend among reporters to characterize Arnold Schwarzenegger’s long history* of alleged sexual harassment and molestation of unwilling victims as mere “womanizing.” The Associated Press did it. Ditto for Pulitzer-Prize winning author Charlie LeDuff.
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