Oprah said the women who came forward should be celebrated, but sexual misconduct scandals aren’t reserved to the entertainment industry, of course.<\/p>\n
“It’s one that transcends any culture, geography, race, religion, politics, or workplace,” Oprah declared. “I want to express gratitude to all the women who’ve endured years of abuse and assault.”<\/p>\n
While the majority of the so-called “Weinstein effect” victims have been women, several men have also brought sexual misconduct allegations against celebrities, specifically Spacey, who recently acknowledged what pretty much everyone has known for decades: that he is gay.<\/p>\n
After rallying the funereally garbed Golden Globe crowd with feminist empowerment, Oprah’s message seemed to turn towards the president. Some political observers believe it was an informal launch to her political career.<\/p>\n
\n“We all have lived too many years in a culture broken by brutally powerful men. For too long, women have not been heard or believed if they dared to speak their truth to the power of those men. But their time is up,” Oprah stated to roaring applause.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nShe concluded that “a new day is on the horizon,” and “when that new day finally dawns, it will be because of a lot of magnificent women, many of whom are right here in this room tonight, and some pretty phenomenal men, fighting hard to make sure that they become the leaders.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Could presidential candidate Oprah Winfrey be a thing in 2020? Before President Donald Trump disrupted all conventional political thinking while paving his own path to the White House, the notion of a former high-profile television personality and billionaire businessperson holding the most powerful office in the world might have seemed a bit of a stretch. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":66775,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[61,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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