“I am guilty,” he said. “I believed, simply because I was a man, that I was more valuable than my wife and the other women in my life.”
It almost seems like he took experiences from his own life and assumed the majority of other males act like him/his friends. Judging from other statements he made, I get the feeling it was more than just the strip club experience he cites. In any case, I believe he is rather foolish to think that all/most men are like this. Sure, some people do, but when a person goes out and speaks like this to a group of people it does little more than stir up hostile emotions. I see this as basically a circlejerk that is meant to justify emotional reactions which can lead to more bitter feelings in future personal interactions. Granted, he is probably preaching to the choir, judging by the name of the conference, so it may not be making things that much worse.
Just my two cents, though.
He's an ex-actor and NFL player. It seems like women are not particularly well treated by hollywood (even worse off appear child actors) and there had been a bunch of NFL players who made negative headlines due to domestic abuse, maybe it's wrong to jump to conclusions because of these headlines but it might be an indication for a trend.
As such he might has a very distorted worldview due to his surroundings, as do other celebrities like Emma watson.
Agreed. The limelight is a horrible place to be if you choose to be a human being.The industry itself fosters a sick mentality at its core and will likely never be corrected completely. When you spend your life pretending to be someone other than yourself, who are you at the end of the day? The character? The person you are perceived to be? The person you believe yourself to be? Or perhaps the person you really are? It's not just worldview which the industry distorts but the people themselves.
to be fair, Terry was citing the example of football players at a strip club, where they want their entertainment and do not want to know about the personal situations of the women in the club.
It's hard to engage in a fantasy if you are distracted by how she is trying to put food on the table for her kids.
so the circumstances you cite are something else entirely.