The problem of sexual harassment in the workplace is actively spreading around the world: sexual harassment of employees is no longer rare, and payments to victims sometimes reach record amounts. So, eg, large United States organizations spend on average about 2 $ billion a year in employee misconduct insurance. FAN talks about the most high-profile and well-known cases of sexual harassment in professional activities.
Harvey Weinstein and his muses
Perhaps, one of the most high-profile sexual harassment cases in recent years. The unprecedented success of the famous producer and tycoon Harvey Weinstein evaporated in a moment. Throughout his career, and this is more 30 years, molested actresses, with whom he worked on the set. The question arises: why were they silent? It's simple - a self-confident film producer either offered the girls good royalties for silence, or intimidated by destroying their careers.
Celebrity actresses following a shocking investigation by The New York Times, finally, stopped being afraid and one after another confessed to the harassment by their former colleague. for example, Angelina Jolie told, that she once had a bad experience with Weinstein, after which she cut off all ties with him, not wanting to take part in his projects anymore. Gwyneth Paltrow also talked about the unworthy behavior of the producer. Weinstein approved a still young girl for the main role, and then tricked her into a hotel room and offered his intimate services. Gwyneth's then boyfriend intervened in the conflict - Brad Pitt, after that, Weinstein began to shower Paltrow with threats to ruin her career..
One of the producer's most famous victims is the Charmed Ones star Rose McGown long before publication began to oppose the producer. for example, the actress was active in defense of women victims of harassment. McGown went further, among other things, she blamed male colleagues, eg, Matthew Damon, Russell Crowe and Ben Affleck hiding the facts. In its opinion, they knew about the tricks of the producer, but were silent. Many actresses have filed a lawsuit against the lascivious "Hollywood thunderstorm", including under the article of rape. According to the verdict of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Weinstein was imprisoned for 23 of the year. Whether the term will be shortened is a big mystery.
Shame on Microsoft
A little over a year ago, the public was stirred up by news of sexual harassment at one of the most famous major companies - Microsoft., the founder of which is himself Bill Gates. Employees of the famous organization declared sexism and discrimination in the company, and also confessed to sexual harassment in the workplace and during work hours. They talked about this in a series of internal emails of just under a hundred pages.. The story began, when a Microsoft employee asked her coworkers for promotion advice, then the women shared their personal experiences with her.
celebrated, that the illegal actions were mainly committed by employees of Microsoft partner companies. One of the girls confessed, that she was even threatened with reprisals for refusing to have sex. She contacted the HR department at Microsoft, but her request was not considered. In total, the company has about 250 cases of harassment. Some proceedings are still ongoing.
Ben Affleck
Famous Hollywood actor Ben Affleck also distinguished himself here. Shortly thereafter, how Affleck publicly criticized producer Harvey Weinstein, Forbes also wrote about his adventures. The material stated, that Affleck himself was accused of sexual harassment in relation to his colleague on the set - the actress Hilary Burton. Ben behaved inappropriately with Hillary in the distant 2003 year. Burton wrote on her Twitter page, that Affleck dared to grab her chest. Ben, in turn apologized, and a week later went to a rehabilitation center to combat alcoholism.
Dirty journalism
Famous journalist, famous ex-TV presenter of the Fox News channel Bill O'Reilly lost his favorite job and lost the love of the people of the United States thanks to a loud sex scandal. The New York Times journalists published a revealing article about O'Reilly's "powers", after which several employees of the TV channel accused the broadcast star of harassment. reported, what the media bosses knew about what was happening, but did not dare to remove the stumbled employee for fear of losing huge ratings. When it smelled fried, they still decided to remove it. Bill himself did not admit his guilt..
In November 2017 year, another well-known American journalist was charged with harassment Matt Lauer - host of one of the programs on the NBC channel. A colleague accused Lauer of sexual harassment. Chapter NBC Andrew Luck confessed, that in twenty years of Lauer's career this was his first complaint of this kind, but noticed, what, perhaps, there have been other incidents.
Female harassment
It also happens - a woman harasses a man, and not just a woman, and the famous singer. Former bodyguard of the famous American pop diva Mariah Carey accused a celebrity of sexually harassing him. The man even wanted to sue her. The actress tried to provoke a personal employee and repeatedly appeared in front of him in an obscene form - "transparent negligee".
Morgan Freeman
Legendary black actor Morgan Freeman, it would seem, calm and unperturbed, example of a real man, in recent years has repeatedly appeared in scandalous reports. AT 2018 year Freeman was accused of molesting eight women at once, with whom he flirted on the set. According to one of the actresses, Freeman showed her "courtesies" in 2015 year during work process, taking liberties in the form of lifting a skirt and obscene questions about underwear. Another actress confessed to sexual harassment of a Hollywood star during the filming of the cult film "Illusion of Deception" in 2012 year. Freeman himself did not deny the accusations, publicly apologizing to everyone, who "felt uncomfortable" around him.
Disney is not cartoons at all
Pixar Founder and Head of Disney Animation John Lasseter at 2019 year had to leave work in a media corporation due to numerous allegations of sexual harassment against employees. In an interview with The Times, nine ex-Pixar workers admitted that, that the company created a sexist atmosphere, in which it was difficult for women to build their careers. Also, according to women, the male team led by Lasseter allowed himself inappropriate touches and hugs. John eventually admitted to all the accusations and apologized for the "mistakes he made.".
No and no trial
In summer 2020 of the year in the USA there was a loud sex scandal. So the State Judicial Control Service of the country forbade a judge to conduct professional activities. Jeffrey Johnson due to systematic sexual harassment of colleagues, lawyers and court staff, where he worked. The wrongful actions of an American judge suffered 17 women. The judicial service admitted, that "Johnson's pattern of behavior undermined public confidence in the judiciary". One of the unlucky man's colleagues, confessed, that she had to work side by side with him and endure sexual harassment for nine years.
Anastasia Volochkova
The story of the only Russian woman in the collection also got into this list - Anastasia Volochkova. Against the background of the scandal with producer Harvey Weinstein, the ex-ballerina of the Bolshoi Theater admitted, that for her professional activity she had to face indecent offers more than once. According to Volochkova, while working, she was molested by a "big man" from the Bolshoi Theater. she noted, that she was offered a dizzying career in exchange for a "personal relationship", and also threatened with non-payment of salaries in case of refusal. The socialite did not disclose the name of the man.
Earlier, the Federal News Agency wrote about the dismissal of the TV presenter "Rain" Pavel Lobkov. note, that the TV channel does not name the reason for the suspension, but, according to information in the media, the cause may be a harassment scandal. The management refused to give the reason. In a commentary to FAN, a journalist and TV presenter Vladimir Pozner He opined, that Lobkov could have been removed from the air for completely different reasons. The journalist also spoke about Lobkov's removal from the air on the "shitty" "Rain" Anton Krasovsky.
Author: Alisa Ivanova
