While Pamela Anderson has mostly fallen out of relevance with regards to her acting lately, she recently managed to find her way back into the spotlight, although in a much more negative light this time.
The actress made some controversial statements about the Harvey Weinstein scandal and implied that most of the victims should have had more common sense about the whole situation.
The Weinstein scandal is a very hot and sensitive topic right now, and as can be expected, such comments were not taken lightly by the Internet community.
It did not take long for the critical comments to start pouring in, along with some downright hateful ones — but to Anderson’s credit, she at least knows where she stands, and it looks like she has given this a lot of thought.
The actress refused to back down or apologize, and in fact, she made additional statements which further dug her into the controversial position.
She stated that her sole intent was to make women more aware of the things happening around them, and to prevent situations of abuse from occurring in the future.
According to Anderson, avoiding certain things — like getting in the car of a stranger, or entering the suite of a higher-up who answers the door in a bathrobe — is common sense and women should know better.
Whether she really is trying to be educative in her statements or if that is an attempt to calm down the masses is difficult to say, as her tone seems to imply the latter. Any further comments made by Anderson on the situation could possibly shed some light on her true stance.
However, what is clear, victim-blaming is not a tactic that will find many fans social media.
Those fighting back call this groupthink, and the phenomenon is very powerful and forces a good bit of people to remain silent when it comes to scandals to avoid a backlash like the one Anderson is currently facing.