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It's hard to imagine this is only the music industry. Human use sex as a weapon and a tool all the time. True, it might be more useful in the music industry but
by chiefalchemist 6y ago
It's hard to imagine this is only the music industry. Human use sex as a weapon and a tool all the time. True, it might be more useful in the music industry but why would sex as currency only exist there?
Where there are humans, there is sex. The obviousness of how that plays out may differ but the underlying theme is universal.
- csunbird 6y agoReminds me of a (untasteful) joke in Family Guy: A women goes to the "Penguin" Publishing, where the owner is a penguin and asks for her book to be published. The penguin makes the joke: "If you want your book in black and white, black and white has to be in you." I feel like this is based on a true story.
- runawaybottle 6y agoIt depends. It’s a matter of how normalized the vice is. If everyone did coke in the 80s, it is much easier for one not to feel any one way about it. It’s not normal to fuck your way to the top or use your power for sex everywhere. It’s abnormal in many places. Avoid systems that make you feel uneasy. Whoring/pimping ain’t for everyone. The same way I’d say avoid tech if hyper competition makes you uneasy.
- alistairSH 6y agoAny industry where there's a massive power differential between "the boss" and "the employee" will likely have this happen. US Gymnastics. Movie, TV, and music industries. US Presidents (and other politicians) and employees. Hell, you still get it in normal business. The stories my wife tells about former co-workers and bosses are disgusting and a primary reason she no longer works at a former employer.
- chiefalchemist 6y agoThe power deltas might create more opportunity. But as you (and me) noted, it's everywhere.
- bjourne 6y agoPerhaps because the music industry is so dependent on personal connections and because talent is very subjective? In academia, doctorate students usually do not have to sleep with their supervisors to get their degree.
- tabtab 6y agoHow do you know that? There are plenty of opportunities for favoritism. For example, listing position on the name of assistants on research papers.
- jacquesm 6y agoThis comment probably wasn't intentionally funny.
- anonisko 6y agoSleeping with a professor for academic advantage is definitely not a common trope, so this makes sense. /s
- PragmaticPulp 6y agoSurely not an isolated incident, but music is one of the more homogenous industries out there. All top country music stars move in the same circles, or highly overlapping circles, for example. However, if you told me you were a top iOS developer in the tech industry, that gives me zero information about the circles you move in. You also have a long list of unrelated tech companies to choose from. You're not beholden to any one group of people for anything.
- jariel 6y agoDifferent industries have different structures and different cultures. This is an entertainment thing and as noted by other commenters has to do with the very aspirational aspects of the positions, along with a total commodity of folks wanting the work. And, an open attitude towards sex. Not a lot of institutionalized systems. Hollywood is not mostly corporate style jobs, on the creative side. With HR departments.