Dov Charney: Trying to Bring Back American Apparel, Declaring Sex With Employees "UNAVOIDABLE".

The Guardian's Hadley Freeman interviews Dov Charney — founder of American Apparel. Charney's story of sexual misconduct and its disastrous influence on his business is now almost as famous — if not more so — than that of his business. American Apparel, the company that sold basic clothes, produced in America, was most famous for its advertising that typically featured models in very provocative poses, sometimes with Charney lying next to them. A few years ago he was fired from his own company, after settling several cases of sexual harassment, masturbating in front of a journalist in an interview, and walking around the office in his underwear.

Charney’s story is worth paying attention to, because it offers a very detailed look into the philosophy of someone like Charney, a man who, despite being a champion of workers’ rights, and declaring that he “abhors” all forms of sexual violence, is convinced that sex with employees is, in his own words, “UNAVOIDABLE”. This interview ends with a brief discussion of Trump — and Charney fiercely attacks Trump for his lack of ideas “to bring back the manufacturing” — but dismisses the accusations of sexual harassment as unworthy of any attention. Charney is similar to many other liberals of the last decades who, despite supporting a good cause, like worker’s rights, demonstrated the same kind of misogyny, making one wonder if they really believe that all humans are equal.