It has been over 24 hours since Ashley Judd and a number of far less famous and much less protected women came forward to share their stories of being sexually harassed by movie mogul Harvey Weinsten.
And A-list actresses like Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman and Gwyneth Paltrow who use their platform to encourage and support women responded by saying nothing.
They are not alone in their silence either, as many other women who have sang the praises of Weinstein while speaking out against harassment also went mute, including: Julianne Moore, Cate Blanchett, Renee Zellweger, Angelina Jolie, Salma Hayek, Penelope Cruz, Toni Collette, Minnie Driver and Uma Thurman.
The Weinstein Company Board was far more vocal on Friday meanwhile in their decision to indefinitely suspend the serial sexual harasser, who has claimed he will be seeking treatment.
Meryl!: Ashley Judd and the other women revealed they were sexually harassed by Harvey Weinstein are getting no public support from Hollywood stars (Meryl Streep and Weinstein above in 2012)
Best of friends: Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman (above in May with Weinstein) and Gwyneth Paltrow, who have all won Oscars for starring in Weinstein films, have made no public comment
This silence – which is equal parts stupefying and sickening – is even more alarming as it comes exactly one year after the release of the infamous ‘p****gate’ tape.
The course language used by the then-presidential hopeful Donald Trump along with his threat of sexual harassment whipped Hollywood into a frenzy at the time, with celebrities speaking about the offense immediately and for days.
That is not the case here however, as Hollywood has made it clear that they will support sexual harassment by attacking the men of Fox News on social media or handing a Best Picture Oscar to Spotlight, but not standing alongside a woman in their own industry who was just one of many known victims.
At this time, less than 10 American actresses of note have publicly and directly spoken out against Weinstein or shown support for Judd, including: Amber Tamblyn, America Ferrera, Brie Larson, Brooklyn Decker, Patricia Arquette, Jessica Chastain, Chastain, and Heather Matarazzo.
Others, like Zoe Kazan and Jenny Slate have used retweets to voice their concern, but not come out in their own words at this time.
And most vocal of all is Rose McGowan, who received a settlement in 1997 and therefore cannot speak about her experience.
Hollywood has treated McGowan like a leper ever since she began to speak publicly about being harassed and assaulted early on in her career, which was expected to explode after her screen-stealing debut in ‘Scream.’
Weinstein produced that film for Miramax, and it was released the same year that an incident involved the executive and McGowan transpired in a hotel room at the Sundance Film Festival according to The New York Times.
And while Ms. Kidman and Ms. Streep and Ms. Paltrow may be too busy to help prop up young women who are being harassed by a man in power, there are some young men in the industry who are also jumping in to support these victims.
It should be noted that unlike those three aforementioned women, these men have never won an Oscar for starring in one of Weinstein’s films.
There are many other women who have kept quiet, but at this time there is also a possibility that they too may have been victims of harassment, in which case their silence is understandable.
Women like Streep, Paltrow and Kidman though have been more than willing to supply writers and journalists with quotes praising Weinstein over the years.