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Hollywood Has An “Entrenched & Endemic” Bullying Problem, Anita Hill-Led Commission’s Survey Finds
The Industry Oct 21, 2020
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The Hollywood Commission Hollywood has a bullying problem. “Hollywood has an entrenched and endemic issue with bullying that is exacerbated by the industry’s power imbalances,” according to the latest report from the Anita Hill -led Hollywood Commission for Eliminating Harassment and Advancing Equality in the Workplace.
The report – the third from the Commission in the past two weeks – is based on a survey of 9,630 people who self-identified that they were currently working, pursuing work, or had previously worked in the entertainment industry. According to the report: • Women are twice as likely as men to report experiencing abusive workplace conduct often or very often; • Non-union workers were twice as likely to report all bullying behaviors; • Disabled workers were roughly twice as likely as those without disabilities to report all forms of workplace bullying; • Female assistants under the age of 40 reported “stunning” rates of abuse that were two to three times higher than the overall sample; • Workers under 40 years old were far more likely to report every form of bullying often or very often, with the reported rates decreasing steadily with age. See the full report here . “In Hollywood, bullying […]
