Classical music isn't immune to this problem. Here are a few articles on the subject:
- Dan Kempson, Opera's Sexual Assault Secret, Medium
- Susanne Mentzer, Classic(al) Sexual Harassment, HuffPost
- Blog post about Dale Clevenger, formerly of the CSO, this blog
The same in this field as everywhere else. What's being done to clean up this particular area? What are the unions doing?
Sad and not at all surprising. (And one that didn't divulge names certainly didn't have to regarding one individual: sadly his behavior is common knowledge, as I'm sure you know. Sigh.)
ReplyDeleteI was telling my husband — reminding him, really — about all that I endured early in my career that was just expected and ignored. Unfortunately I still have had to deal with some garbage now, but nothing like back then.