Elevatorgate/debate

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• In the original video, Watson asserts the man's action as having "sexualized" her. This is a false assumption, which she makes only because it fits the narrative she is trying to establish.
  • In the original video, Watson asserts the man's action as having "sexualized" her.
    • By saying he "sexualized" her, Watson is asserting that the man was interested in her sexually.
      • Although the way she says this (see Quote #1) could be interpreted as an assertion about the man's state of mind, it seems more reasonable to assume that she's talking about how she felt rather than what the guy was thinking.
        • The video was unscripted and "rambly", for which she apologized at least once; the wording was not carefully chosen or edited for clarity, so she should be given the benefit of any doubt.
        • The main thrust of her argument was to ask men not to do this kind of thing (given the context of her being tired and wanting to go to sleep) and how uncomfortable she felt about it, rather than to accuse the guy (or men in general) of malice.
        • She actually does not accuse him of sexualizing her, but says it creeps her out when men (in general) sexualize her "like that".
  • Assuming that he was sexualizing her is a false assumption.
    • • From the description of the scenario, the man could have been interested in a number of other things.
        • He could have been interested in discussion.
        • He could have been interested in intimacy.
          • Many people have argued in favor of this possibility.
  • She makes this assumption only because it fits the narrative she is trying to establish.

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Quote #1

@ 5:10:

I don't really know how else to explain how this makes me incredibly uncomfortable, so I'll just sort of lay it out that I was a single woman, you know, in a foreign country, at 4 a.m., in a hotel elevator... with you, just you, and I... don't invite me back to your hotel room right after I finish talking about how it creeps me out and makes me uncomfortable when men sexualize me in that manner.