I'm not dismissing the abuse committed against the Montreal musicians. I've had to deal with abusive petty tyrants in my work and it's extremely stressful.
Women being sexually harassed or assaulted is all of that and worse. The imbalance of power between the conductor and the musician is there. Plus they have to deal with the imbalance of power between men and women, plus the lack of recourse, plus the additional stress that the abuse is sexual.
The treatment of the two reports by the Symphony was different primarily because the standards have changed dramatically within the last year (for the better). I have yet to hear of any institution that received credible reports of sexual harassment, no matter how old, and failed to act. (Except the Republican Party in the matter of the President.) Maybe if current standards applied in 2002 the Symphony would not have casually dismissed the Montreal controversy. But at that time sexual harassment was not taken seriously either.
I think you are taking a dramatic improvement in social justice as a negative because institutions were not consistent before compared to now. But if institutions were completely consistent over time, either they always did the right thing and no improvement is needed, which is a fantasy, or no improvement happens, which would be a shame. I'd rather have progress.
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Women being sexually harassed or assaulted is all of that and worse. The imbalance of power between the conductor and the musician is there. Plus they have to deal with the imbalance of power between men and women, plus the lack of recourse, plus the additional stress that the abuse is sexual.
The treatment of the two reports by the Symphony was different primarily because the standards have changed dramatically within the last year (for the better). I have yet to hear of any institution that received credible reports of sexual harassment, no matter how old, and failed to act. (Except the Republican Party in the matter of the President.) Maybe if current standards applied in 2002 the Symphony would not have casually dismissed the Montreal controversy. But at that time sexual harassment was not taken seriously either.
I think you are taking a dramatic improvement in social justice as a negative because institutions were not consistent before compared to now. But if institutions were completely consistent over time, either they always did the right thing and no improvement is needed, which is a fantasy, or no improvement happens, which would be a shame. I'd rather have progress.