© Sergei Karpukhin/ReutersDmitry Kiselyov, the Kremlin-friendly host of a highly watched Sunday night talk show in Russia, recently suggested the parade of Western women coming forward with allegations against famous men represents 'an explosive mix of political correctness' and 'hypocrisy.'
The notion that there's something shamefully wrong, misogynistic or potentially criminal about a man exerting his wealth or power over women has struck many Russians as a big "so what."
And in many cases, those gaffawing the loudest are Russian women.
© Kristina Nikishina/Getty ImagesActress Lyubov Tolkalina told an online news site 'If you get the role, what does it matter what you had to do to get it?'
"If you get the role, what does it matter what you had to do to get it?" she's quoted as saying.
"How can you actually blame a man for sexual harassment?" she continued.
"Isn't that why he was created in the first place? If he has power that he uses this way, that's fine."
Comment: Perhaps the reason they are laughing at it is that it has gotten to the point of hysteria, where every and any little thing can be construed as harassment. In particular, the comments by those in the film aren't too surprising, as it appears they have an understanding of how that business works. Not to say it's right or condone it - as this reporter notes: See also:
Contrary to what Western media says, Russia leads the world in women's rights
A view from the outside: The media's coverage of "sexual harassment of women by powerful men"
The Trials of Masculinity, Feminism and the Modern Male