Consider if this meeting was not virtual but in-person. What is not mentioned often is the inherent white privilege and sexism embedded in the defense of his action. I find his public display of his privates not only improper, but immoral - and maybe illegal.Īs a mother of three grown sons, who breastfed them all decades before video conferencing, the act of feeding your children in your own home is not inappropriate. USA TODAY Entertainment: New Yorker writer and CNN pundit Jeffrey Toobin suspended while nude Zoom incident is investigated Much of the ongoing media reaction has centered on what Toobin called his “ embarrassingly stupid mistake.” Some white male pundits dismiss the uproar as prudish, while others call for the end of his public career.

Vice reported this week that Toobin, a lawyer, New Yorker contributor and CNN analyst, was seen masturbating on a Zoom video chat between work colleagues. Needless to say, none of the six of us ever had “the talk.” 'Embarrassingly stupid mistake' In our lifetimes, sex, sexuality - and most definitely orgasms - were never on the conversational menu with Mom.

But we knew if we brought the word error to her attention, she would be mortified.

My sisters and I guffawed, my mother was oblivious.

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