In October, the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare will release their 2023 “White Paper on Measures to Prevent Death from Overwork.” In the report, it is said that 20% of actors have been sexually harassed.
This white paper is released annually, but this year marks the first time that it includes results of a survey on harassment in the entertainment industry.
The survey was conducted among 640 people working in the arts and entertainment industry. Of these people, 20.4% of actors and stuntmen said that they had been sexually harassed. The most common type of sexual harassment was being forced into a sexual relationship, at 11.1%.
Other types of sexual harassment include unnecessary touching in the workplace (10.2%), being forced to expose the body to the point of embarrassment (9.3%), and having to do a sexual performance to the point of shame (8.3%).
Source: Yahoo News
