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franklinstower
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With all the sexual harassment scandals going around it has got me thinking. I dont often hear anyone besides the mentally deranged woman haters and rape apologists on this site discussing seriously how much responsibility women share for trading sexual favors for success in Hollywood.
My wife has a friend who's son is very good looking. He was invited to go to New York and be a model and had instant success with the promise of lots of money as this was a respected modeling agency. After a very short time it came clear that modeling nude, even though the pictures did not show the nudity, and possibly getting into other sexual situations were a part of the culture. Most of the male models were pressured into modeling naked even though they were not nude shots. My wife's friends son declined the success and the nudity came home and went to school to build a real career. He did not sell his soul at the crossroads for success.
So my thoughts are that when women and men willingly trade sexual favors for a role in a movie dont they share some responsibility for it, even though there is an unequal power relationship involved? Don't they have a choice and didn't they make it when they said yes to those advances? Could they not have given in and done something else with their lives? I am thinking that is part of why so many women, especially major stars dont come forward as they dont want the humiliation of admitting they slept their way into fame and fortune.
Also why is the responsibility of the actors themselves rarely discussed and ALL of the blame put on the directors and such?
This thread is NOT about blaming women who were raped, or otherwise physically intimidated into trading sex for success as that is an entirely different matter. Anyone defending that behavior will be immediately reported to the mods.
Cliffs-- just read the bold italics.
Edit- just for clarification part of what motivated me to make this thread is the context of some news programs Ive listened to that seem to be blaming men totally even for women who willingly complicit in sexual transactions for position.
My wife has a friend who's son is very good looking. He was invited to go to New York and be a model and had instant success with the promise of lots of money as this was a respected modeling agency. After a very short time it came clear that modeling nude, even though the pictures did not show the nudity, and possibly getting into other sexual situations were a part of the culture. Most of the male models were pressured into modeling naked even though they were not nude shots. My wife's friends son declined the success and the nudity came home and went to school to build a real career. He did not sell his soul at the crossroads for success.
So my thoughts are that when women and men willingly trade sexual favors for a role in a movie dont they share some responsibility for it, even though there is an unequal power relationship involved? Don't they have a choice and didn't they make it when they said yes to those advances? Could they not have given in and done something else with their lives? I am thinking that is part of why so many women, especially major stars dont come forward as they dont want the humiliation of admitting they slept their way into fame and fortune.
Also why is the responsibility of the actors themselves rarely discussed and ALL of the blame put on the directors and such?
This thread is NOT about blaming women who were raped, or otherwise physically intimidated into trading sex for success as that is an entirely different matter. Anyone defending that behavior will be immediately reported to the mods.
Cliffs-- just read the bold italics.
Edit- just for clarification part of what motivated me to make this thread is the context of some news programs Ive listened to that seem to be blaming men totally even for women who willingly complicit in sexual transactions for position.
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