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Originally Posted by blankall
Maybe it's just an issue of X percent of the population having sexual mental health issues. Normally those people would be arrested and put in jail for being peeping toms, flashers, etc...These people get powerful, so their behaviour is tolerated instead. It could also have something to do with the kind of risks required to become powerful in showbiz. Perhaps, by its nature, the industry will just always be filled with compulsive people. Either way, it's very weird and goes beyond regular power/harassment issues.
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John Doyle at the Globe & Mail has a good take on this:
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Television fame often makes people delusional. It makes people who talk about themselves on the air feel terrifically important. Fame and recognition on the street adds to the hubris, to the delusion that the TV star is a really, really interesting person. Add in the entitlements that come with TV stardom – there's always a limo to take you to the studio and an assistant to get your coffee just the way you like it – and hauteur flourishes. Common sense fades away. Some people start believing their power as a focal point for a popular TV show makes them untouchable. Given the number of men revealed to have behaved inappropriately, it seems men are particularly susceptible.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opin...ticle37125845/
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Celebrity attracts narcissistic people. And narcissistic people, once they're accorded high status and have their every appetite indulged, can become pretty monstrous. Normal sexual acts and status become mundane. New horizons are sought.
Really, power corrupts. It's one of the most common themes in art.