Toy action figures and a jumble of movie paraphernalia covered nearly every surface.
But Megan Densmore didn’t dwell on the bachelors-left-to-their-own-devices feel of the place.
When you’re trying to land your first acting job, the 22-year-old Oregon transplant thought, you don’t start in shiny corner offices of Los Angeles’ biggest talent agencies.
You start small. And you’re thankful for what you get.
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I can’t even imagine the fear and stress these women have felt over the years of attempting to advance their careers only to be stopped repeatedly by men telling them they’ll never make it unless they perform sexually for them. I can’t imagine the sickness in these men thinking it’s even remotely justified for them to sexually assault these women just trying to do their best. Of course they say yes to a glass of wine, of course they engage in conversation, this is a social industry and taking one yes as a free pass for everything is not an appropriate response or assumption on the man’s part. Men need to start taking responsibility for their actions and quit it with this insensitive and immature reaction to the power and connectivity they have over women just starting their careers. I’m so tired of hearing these stories and having to get mad over stupid things these men are doing.
Even after hearing stories like these ones again and again, I still cannot even fathom how any human being could feel anything but guilty and disgusted with themselves for forcing someone to perform sex acts for them. And maybe they do feel bad or guilty, but that does not stop them. Maybe that is eve more disturbing. Either way, these constantly recurring scenarios display the vast gender inequality that lives within our society. Women are viewed to be inferior insexual situations, in professional settings, in the workplace, and are seen as objects. Men are superior, stronger, more reliable, dominant, and in charge. These situations not only shed light on the wrongness of the male’s thinking, but also the ways society has twisted women’s ideas of themselves. Women view men and women in these ways as well. Society has brainwashed females to see themselves as inferior from the moment we were born, as we are put in princess costumes while little boys dress up as firemen, cowboys, conductors, etc. We need to overcome gender roles and sexism, for the sake of women everywhere, 50% of the world’s population!
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