![]() ![]() Ballard is not around to tell her story, so who knows what really happened. When an artist can’t show up ready for work and is not replaceable, like Sly Stone, it is impossible to hide and brings down the entire group. The moral of the story? If you are female, do NOT go to Holland.ĭunning–Kruger, or going outside one’s own expertise: How much energy can you spend on trying to get people up to speed?Īlcoholism and substance abuse are nothing new in the music industry, nor is its concealment. Although the Netherlands is first in educational level of women, it ranks 32nd for gender pay equality and 50th in wages for similar work. When it comes to the pay gap, the Netherlands lags behind much of Europe. By the time Dutch women reach the age of 15, 45% of them have experienced some form of physical or sexual violence, compared to 33% for the rest of Europe.īut what about equality for women? Haven’t Dutch men have given them everything? The Netherlands is way more violent towards women than the rest ot Europe. A young Dutch woman spent a month taking selfies of herself with her tormentors. The resulting “ Amsterdam pee in public protest” was cancelled after too many women (around 8,000) wanted to attend.Īnd then there’s catcalling, and the “dearcatcallers” project on Instagram, similar to the “ten hours of walking in New York as a woman” video. A male judge in Amsterdam fined a woman €90 for peeing in public and told her that she could have used a men’s urinal. Amsterdam has 35 public urinals for men and just 4 public toilets for women. If the Netherlands is such a paradise for women, why does it take an American newspaper to expose these things? She told the paper that in 2000, while they were both working on a production of Wagner‘s The Flying Dutchman in Bologna in Italy the conductor had tried to force himself on her: “I pushed him off and ran out of the room.” Soprano Alicia Berneche told The Washington Post that while she was working at the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Ryan Opera Center in 1996, the conductor invited her to his dressing room for a coaching session before forcing himself on her: “his hand on my rear end, and his tongue down my throat.”īerneche said she had wanted to report his behaviour but that a friend had warned her not to, saying: “If you come forward, you will be fired, and he will continue.”Īnother singer, soprano Jeanne-Michèle Charbonnet also made an allegation against the conductor. There was Daniele Gatti of the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam, who resigned after an article in The Washington Post. The #me too” movement has had an impact in the Netherlands. According to Dutch Wikipedia, the hashtag is “#ikook”, not #ZetHet. So what does Wikipedia say about ZegHet and Anke Laterveer? Crickets. Dan proberen ze je naar binnen te praten, of te sleuren. ![]() De ene man zit in de auto, de ander springt eruit en staat aan de andere kant. Op de Kruiskade in Rotterdam komt Berfin Dem (36) niet meer. Then they try to talk you in, or to drag you.” One man is in the car, the other one jumps out and is on the other side. Op het station in Rotterdam heeft vrijwel elke vrouw wel een verhaal.īerfin Dem (age 36) will no longer go to the Kruiskade shopping district in central Rotterdam. Seksuele intimidatie komt ook voor op straat, bij vrienden of op festivals…. Almost every woman has a story about the station in Rotterdam. Sexual harassment occurs on the street, with friends or at festivals…. Hoe het precies gegaan is, mag ik niet zeggen.īut slowly, women are coming forward to tell their stories. Het was voor mijn werkgever te ongemakkelijk wat ik aan het doen was, dus moest ik weg. You can read about it in English here, and in Dutch here.Īs a result of speaking out about her own experience with sexual violence, Laterveer lost her job, but she can’t even talk about it, because of a non-disclosure agreement. It means “tell all” and was started by Anke Laterveer. The #ZegHet hashtag is the Dutch “Me too” movement. They refer to women in the Wikimedia movement as “gender bitches”, and the criticism sites let them get away with it. If you ask them, and probably even if you do not ask them, they will man-splain to you that the Netherlands is One Big Happy Family, and that they personally created equality for Dutch women by marching in the 60s. There are a few Dutch, male, former Wikipedians who dominate the Wikipedia criticism sites. Frame 2: “Het is me nog nooit overkomen, ik denk niet dat het gebeurt.” “Ik zeg je dat het gebeurt.” Frame 3: “Het is mij ook overkomen.” Frame 4: “Het is me nog nooit overkomen, ik denk niet dat het gebeurt.” ![]() “I will not take this anymore!” Frame 1: “Hé, dit is mij overkomen”. ![]()
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