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Post by chadwilliam on Nov 10, 2017 23:31:54 GMT -5
In 2010, DC Comics editor Eddie Berganza was promoted to Executive Editor status in spite of a history of sexually harassing and assaulting various women in and out of the workplace. When he sexually assaulted another woman at a convention in 2012 in front of witnesses, DC demoted Berganza to Group Editor of the Superman and Wonder Woman titles. In 2016, word got around that to make things easy for Berganza, DC Comics saw to it that the Wonder Woman (who was originally created to be a female role model) and Superman ("Champion of the Oppressed") titles would not employ women so that he would not be tempted to harass/assault them. A quick search shows that as of August of this year, the assistant editor of the Superman titles is female and I didn't see Berganza's name attached to the latest Wonder Woman comic I could find online, so this may have been a case of women not wanting to work for a sexual predator rather than being blacklisted altogether. Anyhow, further details have emerged through an article on buzzfeed which is why I'm bring this up now. www.buzzfeed.com/jtes/dc-comics-editor-eddie-berganza-sexual-harassment?utm_term=.uxrnpA66A#.ywY6XY77Y |
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Nov 12, 2017 3:41:02 GMT -5
So, hey, he's "suspended" so good, $_&# that guy.
Still "suspended?". I am the furthest thing from a DC insider and I've been hearing rumors for years. If you have an editor who can not be trusted to work with women period, maybe you should fire him? Just a thought.
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Post by Dizzy D on Nov 12, 2017 6:09:16 GMT -5
I said it on another discussion board, but deciding to not hire female creators for Superman/Wonder Woman titles because your editor is known to harass women is just about the most ass-backward solution I can think off.
At this point it's not just Berganza that was the problem, but the people covering for him as well.
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Post by thwhtguardian on Nov 12, 2017 17:58:33 GMT -5
I said it on another discussion board, but deciding to not hire female creators for Superman/Wonder Woman titles because your editor is known to harass women is just about the most ass-backward solution I can think off. At this point it's not just Berganza that was the problem, but the people covering for him as well. Yeah, it's a pretty messed up situation and serious disciplinary action should be meted out to several people I'd think. |
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Post by Dizzy D on Nov 13, 2017 15:13:53 GMT -5
And he's actually been fired now according to Buzzfeed.
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Post by thwhtguardian on Nov 13, 2017 20:38:09 GMT -5
And he's actually been fired now according to Buzzfeed. Took them long enough. |
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Post by chadwilliam on Nov 15, 2017 22:48:11 GMT -5
Though I'm glad he's gone, it's disheartening to know that the circumstances for his dismissal were due to his being outed and not because DC felt it was the ethical choice to make.
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Post by The Captain on Nov 16, 2017 11:11:11 GMT -5
Though I'm glad he's gone, it's disheartening to know that the circumstances for his dismissal were due to his being outed and not because DC felt it was the ethical choice to make. Agree with this 100%. DC did it to save face once it was discovered that they enabled and protected this jackwagon. It's like when one of my daughters, upon getting in trouble, fires out a quick "I'm sorry" without verbalizing what she's apologizing for. I always ask "are you sorry because you did something wrong, or are you sorry you got caught"? |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Nov 16, 2017 11:33:22 GMT -5
Though I'm glad he's gone, it's disheartening to know that the circumstances for his dismissal were due to his being outed and not because DC felt it was the ethical choice to make. Agree with this 100%. DC did it to save face once it was discovered that they enabled and protected this jackwagon. It's like when one of my daughters, upon getting in trouble, fires out a quick "I'm sorry" without verbalizing what she's apologizing for. I always ask "are you sorry because you did something wrong, or are you sorry you got caught"? To be fair though, in this current climate, none of the other cancellations or apologies by studious feel any more heartfelt. Amazon didn't stop production of House of Cards because it was shocked to learn about Spacey's behavior, it was purely a business move for them and it's no different with DC or any other studio apologies. In a perfect world things would be different and those in power would be proactive but we live in the world that embraces the sentiment's of the fictional Gordon Gekko, "Greed is good" , and that isn't likely to change so I never expect ethical choices from corporations. |
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