[Pann] Male idols aren't exempt from sexual demands!

[theemii.livejournal.com]

Pann: Even males aren't exempt from providing sexual services in the industry

"We'll get fired if we don't do everything the agency asks us to." This is one of the reasons trainees receiving unfair treatment in their agencies aren't able to report on the matter.

Broadcast on the 18th, cable channel 'E-News' recently reported on the shocking reality behind entertainment agencies sexually abusing their trainees.

Trainee 'A' met with the producers of the show to confess, "When it was the birthday of someone in the company, they'd rent out a room in a pub and have the male trainees put on a strip show and the female trainees serve drinks while suffering sexual harassment."

When asked why he couldn't refuse, he revealed, "We have to do it no matter what because the agency will fire us if we don't." Although he left after two years, he revealed that many more trainees are willing to put up with it. "Reporting the matter means our names will be up in the mass media and we don't want that."

Minor trainees aren't exempt. C had to give up her dreams of becoming a celebrity due to the ridiculous requests made by her agency. "There were multiple times where I was asked to provide sexual services or money so I ended up quitting. There are so many young trainees but people will use sexual words and touch them inappropriately like it's not a big deal. Our cellphones are checked once a day along with our weights and heights once a week. Even our genitals had to be checked."

C also revealed, "I know an unni who debuted in a really unpopular girl group. She was called in by someone one day and came back with a wound on her face. She tried to commit suicide."

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1. [+138, -70] I know someone in the industry and he said practically every new entertainment agency is involved in sexual services. They just bury it all, it's really common in the industry itself. That's why people are obsessed with getting into the top 3.

2. [+118, -72] I saw this broadcast as well and in order to survive in the industry, you need to provide sexual services and land a sponsor. Don't like idols too much... they may look flashy and impressive on the outside but what you see inside is dirty and extremely shocking. People also have the misconception that big companies aren't like that but a celebrity already revealed that big companies are worse. They draw up contracts between their artist and a sponsor for a set number of time and they're required to service them every night. Broadcast PDs are also lobbied for huge sums... of course, among other favors. Without a sponsor who supports you, it's hard to get anywhere. The broadcast industry wants to be treated in return for helping you get your name out there. You become a celebrity if you can take all that, otherwise you don't.

3. [+112, -11] As if training wasn't hard enough, what a shame

4. [+80, -49] Celebrities are just expensive prostitutes


Source: Netizenbuzz

Comments

[lazmy.livejournal.com]

"Even our genitals had to be checked"
i heard about this kind of thing happening from tumblr/yt but i didnt think it was possible

the netizens make it seem like it is the trainee/idol's fault but it isnt. its the company and the employees that exploit the people. the trainees/idols are victims.

[stoppedclock321.livejournal.com]

Sorry if this is going too far or anything, but...checked for what? o__o

[princetabi.livejournal.com]

this makes me sick and breaks my heart. how many idols are out there who have been abused before and are forced to put on a happy face. Literally nothing about being an idol appeals to me at all. Poor kids.

[in-noctem.livejournal.com]

Ugh it sickens me to read comments that basically say "well they should have reported this but since they didn't..."

God knows what would happen to the trainees if they dared escape and filed a police report. Isn't the SE CEO rumoured (or confirmed idk) to be a(n ex) gang member?

[la-luciernaga.livejournal.com]

I had kind of assumed something like this happened in the industry, but I guess I was in denial of the extent that it could happen and just how common--only because it's such a terrible thing that's unfair and just sickening. Those poor idols. Trainees are so young and naive and just want to be famous and follow their dreams, so of course they're easily manipulated into doing whatever they are told they must.

[jjang-intae.livejournal.com]

It's so frustrating to see people who genuinely think the idols are at fault here. This whole "You chose to be an idol, deal with the consequences" bs needs to stop. Nobody should be put through any of this

[scionofawhisper.livejournal.com]

The dark side is just so hard to imagine... even though it's come up over and over again about exploitation and depression in the industry, because everything is so shiny and bright, it's just so hard to think about....

[lysblack.livejournal.com]

ugh idk what makes me sicker, the trainee statement or the fact that some people blame this atrocious acts on the trainees/idols/actors.

[britgirlsf.livejournal.com]

The fact that some people are blaming the idols, most of whom were still kids when they got involved with this industry, is really depressing. Think how much harder that makes it for them to come forward with this stuff, knowing that's the response they're likely to get.

[lightframes.livejournal.com]

They dehumanize idols on every level. It's ridiculous.

[petecarl.livejournal.com]

Like, I know exploitation happens in all industries, and especially the entertainment industry where you can be blacklisted, but it's still shocking to hear it happening so systemically b/c it's so much easier to think of it as occurring only when an individual takes advantage of their position of power and not groups of people in cahoots with each other. It's terrifying to realize how much people have to cover up for others to keep their careers, and it's so upsetting when people in positions of power who could help remove these people from their positions look the other way to avoid scandal and upsetting investors.

[bunica1990.livejournal.com]

Smh @ the victim blaming done by the netizens

I wonder if Girls' Day is making any money now that they're successful. They struggled for so long.

[gray-fairy.livejournal.com]

All of this is sickening, poor kids. Reminds me to a tv movie I watched the other day in which a kid who was a brilliant student (but poor) only started to get opportunities in his career after he accepted to be the lover of a well respected professor and all his friends. It was so sad.
Netizens comments are the worse, calling them prostitutes and other gross stuff.

[blackstarnebula.livejournal.com]

what movie?

[asth77.livejournal.com]

What?

[torontok.livejournal.com]

The title irks me. Rather than be shocked that this type of horrific abuse happens to male trainees too, you should be shocked that it happens at all.

I will neve rudnerstand how people are willing to blame yong boys/girls who are literally signed as posessions of a company and can't leave without facing financial/legal repurcussions over creepy old executives.

[caramelorchoco.livejournal.com]

smh at the netizens' comments tho

seriously? expensive prostitutes?
fuck you

[oncloud999.livejournal.com]

i really hope stripping is the worst they have to deal with tbh. from what i've read about hollywood and any entertainment industry, it gets a LOT worse... this is why i always kind of feel better when i hear the idols are from well off families, because i fee like the ones that come from poorer famillies probably don't have the ability/will to protect themselves from this shit. i'm always hoping that if they're from well off families, at least they have their families to back them up or have the option of leaving if this shit happens... i feel sad that i don't think this side of the entertainment industry won't ever go away, considering the long long history of it and how basically the people in power in the entertainment industries don't WANT this to change.

and i think the ones that get it the worst are probably the ones that don't get very famous or don't debut, like that girl that commited suicide a while back, like she had supporting roles.

[sra-interesante.livejournal.com]

mte
thinking how young and fragile some of those kids looked on their audtion tapes
the ones who came outside Seoul and moved to the city on trainee years worry me the most

[ababobaby.livejournal.com]

Yeah I know someone who's a trainee in Korea (she never mentioned the agency) and she used to tell me whenever I ask when she's debuting that there are over 100 trainees and that she might undergo for plastic surgery just to debut and all. They also found themselves stuck with a staff member of the company and he was convincing them to give him a bj or something?? And they were lucky a surge of trainees came before any damage was done.

[milafanway.livejournal.com]

that's horrible and I hope she's fine, seriously all of this it isn't new but it's so sick like these trolls slut shaming them, disgusting....

[lesherlock.livejournal.com]

It's not that it's new, it's that it's relevant to the topic at hand.

[asnindie.livejournal.com]

The comments on netizenbuzz were so disgusting. Everyday I'm more done with kpop fans. They're not at fault you fucking dimwits. This victim blaming is disgusting. Be glad your parents sheltered you from the horrible people of this world. Aren't you lucky.

[sra-interesante.livejournal.com]

it's sad how companies make it really dificult for them to have normal relationships but for this kind of thing they just look the other way
"you can't have girlfriend/boyfriend but instead you can have some creepy CEO molesting you"
knowing some idols debuted as minors make this sound even worse

[loveshatori.livejournal.com]

i was thinking that too, i mean alot of the idols are soo young. its really sickening to think that some netizens are not fazed by that notion

[hearttaek.livejournal.com]

In kpop, we've only mostly heard about stories of females being subject to sexual harrassments and only now are we hearing males had to deal with it as well. Over the years, it's a topic that i've been very interested in after listening to a podcast by a Filipino celeb and they mentioned males are victims of sexual favors in the Philippine entertainment industry, waaay more than females.

OT but In that same podcast, they also talk about how the Philippine entertainment industry is a good place for gays, at least compared to other countries'.

[hagar-tammaa.livejournal.com]

this is sicking me
how can they do that to KIDS like wtf?!!



and now I'm wondering about my favs if they have gone through this as well..

[pistolkrystle.livejournal.com]

I'm not surprised when someone uses their position of power and does horrible things, its almost expected.

What I find more disturbing is that most of these trainees are minors and there parents/guardians are basically handing them over to be abused. Are the families in such desperate situations that they allow there children to go through this just for a shot at fame?

I wonder do the parents know what is happening to their minor children?