19% of Actresses Forced to Provide Sex for Career

[ashiva.livejournal.com]

A recent survey of entertainers found that one out of five actresses was forced to provide sexual entertainment to influential figures or witnessed their colleagues forced to do so.

This indicates the late actress Jang Ja-yeon, who committed suicide in March because of her coerced involvement in "casting couch" favors - a situation in which actresses are forced or expected to have sex with influential figures in order to get work in films or on TV - was not an isolated victim in the entertainment industry.

The first survey of its kind was conducted by a union for entertainers, headed by actor Kim Eung-seok, in April, one month after Jang was found dead in what was ruled suicide.

The results are based on 183 respondents out of nearly 2,000 entertainers who were asked to take part in the survey - the remainder declined to answer.

Of the 183, 19.1 percent said they were either forced to have sex with influential figures or witnessed their colleagues being coerced to do so.

About 25 percent also said they were "directly" asked to pay money in exchange for media exposure or experienced behavior infringing upon their human rights, while 68.2 percent said they witnessed or have information about similar cases involving their colleagues.

According to the union, the respondents gave the names of producers and executives of TV stations, writers, politicians, and business and entertainment heavyweights who were involved, but it refused to make them public.

Of the respondents, 62.3 percent said they faced disadvantages for refusing such demands.

In the meantime, the head of the late Jang's former management agency was taken into custody after a court in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, issued an arrest warrant Monday night.

The issuance came eight hours after the court questioned Kim Sung-hoon to determine whether his arrest was necessary.

Kim is the key figure believed to hold clues to solving questions surrounding the actress's suicide.

Judge Lee Sang-woo, who issued the warrant, said, "Taking him into custody was necessary to prevent him from fleeing."

Kim, who was extradited from Japan Friday, had been questioned for more than 40 hours over three days until Sunday.

Police are deepening their investigation as he is reportedly denying allegations that he forced the late actress to provide "sexual services" to corporate and media executives and showbiz VIPs for greater media exposure.

In their application for the arrest warrant, charges against Kim include intimidation, violence, embezzlement and threats. But the alleged coercion of Jang into sexual entertainment was excluded for a lack of evidence, police said.

The 40-year-old was apprehended last week in Tokyo after hiding in Japan since December. During the period, he defied repeated requests to return to Seoul for questioning over Jang's suspicious death.

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Casting couch stays strong in South Korea...

Comments

[shepardlover.livejournal.com]

D:
This makes me so sad, but I'm not surprised.

[bellaprincess9.livejournal.com]

ia

[charzzy.livejournal.com]

me 2

[herro-kitty.livejournal.com]

iawtc

[iamja-cin-tha.livejournal.com]

what the fuck!

im sad :(

[ficcy.livejournal.com]

The results are based on 183 respondents out of nearly 2,000 entertainers who were asked to take part in the survey - the remainder declined to answer.

THIS alarmed me. What did the remainder have to hide?

[shepardlover.livejournal.com]

D:
I didn't think of this. Omg. Now I'm worried about the remainder.

Your icon is horribly ironic.
And it's kind of making me laugh.
Which makes me feel like a horrible person.

[the-giggly.livejournal.com]

OMG. These statistical results are horrendous.

It's so sick. All I can think of is wanting to smite those male chauvinist pigs and those bitches down.

[iotakanishi.livejournal.com]

every most female big stars in my country do it for fame

[jorge-callas.livejournal.com]

Let me guess--Bollywood? I've heard some stuff about it.

[cakedomination.livejournal.com]

._. why are people so desperate that they do things like these for fame anyway?

[ficcy.livejournal.com]

It probably wouldn't make sense to you because you have a different mindset, but for these people, these are things like their dream/the only thing they've ever wanted/their only source of income. I can see how people would be pushed to do these things.

I just wish there is a better way for them to achieve this without having to be used and abused along the way.

[deazaskia.livejournal.com]

i never thought that the statistic would be this high.
so sad. :(

i'd just stay to be a nice normal civilian LOL.

[hp-groupie.livejournal.com]

What bothers me most is that it's probably higher, and no one is talking.

[ficcy.livejournal.com]

Just because it happens all the time, doesn't mean we have to accept it.
And yes, male celebrities have gone through this too. I don't know about Korea, but my country has had a few male models and young actors confess that they had to sleep with female and gay executives to receive activities or to be part of projects.

[supervictoria64.livejournal.com]

What theeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee :(

[komorebi-chan.livejournal.com]

makes me think of JE and the rumored molestations....I feel bad cause I always joke about pedo johnny ._.

It's really sad that people have to resort to this. I kind of understand the desperation though. Especially if its the goal you've been working for your entire life to become famous. A lot of celebs start off relatively young. Not getting any work, even after all that training(and possibly plastic surgery X.X) is what drives them to go through such measures. I wonder what the turnout would have been if more people replied.

I'm just hoping none of my favourite celebs or any celeb in general went through this. Though its bound to happen anyway...

[schizofragile.livejournal.com]

B|

[purplesky.livejournal.com]

Being asked to perform sexual favors to succeed is more common then we'd like to think. And it's not just in the entertainment industry. :/

I was propositioned by scholarship representatives from Japan, when I applied for a year-long scholarship to study there. There were three of them and they wanted me to come "entertain" them in their hotel room. I was so shocked and horrified that I pretty rudely turned them down. As a result I was rejected for the scholarship (gee, big surprise) but at least I kept my dignity intact.

It really saddens me that the world is such an ugly place.

[hp-groupie.livejournal.com]

I would call them out! Forget that! I'd fight for that scholarship anyway.

Good for you though! More women and men need to fight back so people can recognize that we don't appreciate this stuff.

[breathe-ai.livejournal.com]

yeah it not that uncommon in China or Taiwan, but I'm surprised it's so high in Korea O__O they seem to keep it underwraps a lot better than the Chinese...

It's honestly sick how men take advantage of young women who have dreams and have enough passion or are desperate enough that they'll do it because they don't care what stands in their way of their goal. But it makes me wonder how many talented actresses never made it because they refused to sleep with a man...

[pretzel-knot.livejournal.com]

one out of five actresses. that's quite a lot to me. these statistics are kind of upsetting. ):

[hero-jelly.livejournal.com]

Wow...this is just horrible.
If this is what it takes to be successful in the entertainment industry, then just wow.....

[analapana83.livejournal.com]

WTF man.

[maisoui.livejournal.com]

:(

[fraash.livejournal.com]

disgusting.

[theweathertoday.livejournal.com]

that's so sick.

[onelikethis.livejournal.com]

This is a fcked up world. At least Jang Jayeon's death brought some light into this shit. Laws need to be tighten here, but with all these assholes running around who is up for it?

[dreamerbri.livejournal.com]

it doesn't shock me but it's sad that it's like this.