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In reply to the discussion: 60+ women know - Cosby knows - the jury knows [View all]greatbaldeagle
(172 posts)No man has to rape women. But a man with Cosby's fame and fortune definitely does not have to drug and rape women to get sex. It's available for free 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to a man in his position. I find it interesting that he drugged them first. It's almost as if he was so ashamed of his sexual desires that he didn't even want to reveal this to the women that he raped. So by drugging them, perhaps in his twisted mind he thought he could satisfy his sexual desires without the women knowing he was not the man he claimed to be. If this is true, then if he had just been honest with himself and with the rest of the world instead of trying to maintain a "clean" image, he could have had sex with thousands of women and never had to apologize for any of it.
I don't feel sorry for him and he is finally getting what he deserves. But I just think there is more to this story than just purely a desire to rape or a desire to have sex. It would be like a famous millionaire nutrition expert wearing a disguise and stealing pork rinds from gas stations because they're embarrassed that they're obsessed with pork rinds. They could just walk in without a disguise and buy as many as they want, but their reputation as a nutrition expert would be tarnished. Cosby built his entire reputation and legacy on being a "clean" family man. It must have sucked to have a fetish for hot, sexy young women, knowing that if he acted on it, it could never get out that he was having sex with 2 of them a day. Look no further than Tiger Woods. Reputation and legacy tarnished forever all because he portrayed himself as a "clean" family guy while having the sexual appetite of Hugh Hefner. Hefner died a legend and never had to apologize for having 3 20 year old girlfriends at a time. Amazing. This is a reason why we shouldn't demonize people for their desires. Sometimes you are who you are and living a lie is only going to hurt you and the people around you.