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Careers ruined or at risk from accusations of sexual misconduct
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(01-03-2018, 03:37 PM)pbrower2a Wrote: True. Farm workers, convenience-store clerks, and fast-food workers have been far more vulnerable. The actress who refuses the casting couch might have a chance to make a modest living teaching drama or English in public K-12 education. Or do what Kelly McGinness (spelling) did after her appearance in Top Gun (she seemed an excellent actress) did: she went to live theater in a backwater for non-political drama.

A film star who exposes a casting coach has some standing in some minds because people know about her. A bank teller? The bank will probably cast her off instead of casting off the creep who exploits her. Working people have always been far more vulnerable than such people as university professors.

So some sales clerk in a department store exposes some creepy store manager. Who would know except the victim and the exploiter? Grand Rapids, Minnesota? Are you sure that that isn't Grand Rapids, Michigan?

Sexual harassment is simply wrong, inexcusable no matter what the social status of the victim. I can imagine social consequences, especially in changing ways in which people date -- and perhaps giving a defense of traditional marriage (which is being redefined to include same-sex marriage).

The manager of a casual-dining restaurant will not be as 'interesting' as a political or media figure. Even business executives who make fortunes are not so well known. "Sales manager at XXX Corporation"? Not news. But horrible for the victim or victims.

There is no excuse for sexual harassment. Ever -- no matter how poor and helpless a victim may be. That includes the incarcerated and otherwise-institutionalized.

Not claiming to have insider knowledge on the culture of the Hollywood film industry, but it seems to me the potential for abuse might be higher there than in corporate retail.  

There are typically established methods for retail workers to report sexual harrassment, and while workers are highly expendable, so too are middle managers.  

A studio executive like Harvey Weinstein, on the other hand, is very rich and powerful and has no one above him to answer to.  It is a highly competitive field, with only so many major studios to work for.  

Also, actors are more likely to be sexually objectified, as part of their job, than are retail workers.  Actresses frequently report being pressured into doing nude scenes, also to lose weight and constantly be attractive.  After a certain age, they lose their relevance.  Retail work is highly exploitative in other ways, of course, and for very little pay.
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RE: Careers ruined or at risk from accusations of sexual misconduct - by gabrielle - 01-05-2018, 09:56 PM

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