UK captains of industry have charity night where they sexually assault young female 'hostesses'

[Pickman's model]

anyway that's the extent a search for 1) "presidents club" & charity, and 2) "presidents club" & dorchester returns

 

[Pickman's model]

Suppose if you wanted an example of the way class and gender exploitation interacts, this would be it.

i think there'd be an element of power in there too, not to be forgotten

 

[ddraig]

Honestly? I operated my desk, hit the show cues when the voice in my ear said “go” and got paid. My industry is very small, close knit and has a queue of people a mile long wanting to break in to it and take my job. I have a mortgage to pay and kids to feed.

So yeah, that.

yeah, "just doing my job" and "not my problem"
a cog in the machine, nice one

 

[Wilf]

Good work Pickmans.

 

[Wilf]

i think there'd be an element of power in there too, not to be forgotten

Absolutely. I was distracted, making sure I didn't use the word 'intersects'.

 

[StoneRoad]

some more developments from the beeb's reporting ...

Scandal-hit dinner organiser quits post

personally, I'm disgusted by the harassment. I always thought the best fundraising auctions were attended by couples.

 

[elbows]

"The boys* tucked into the girls"

*grown men

And note what followed that phrase.

"The boys tucked into the girls," confesses my man on the inside, before adding swiftly: "after I'd left." Naturally.

 

[Wilf]

"The boys tucked into the girls," confesses my man on the inside, before adding swiftly: "after I'd left." Naturally.

Must have been very difficult for the caterers with all these lads staying for just 5 minutes, legging it before they even got to the fish course. Why can't corporate sex offenders be more considerate?

 

[elbows]

From that same 2010 article:

Slackberry: Hornby considers guru to aid rehab

All very grand, but the most eye catching part of the event – which is strictly for male diners – was the bevy of hostesses dressed in short black or red dresses, who entered the ballroom after dinner, to the fanfare of Shania Twain's "Feel Like a Woman". Each are paid £120 for "fetching drinks" and "socialising with" the glitzy guests.

It is quite a racy event for the conservative HSBC to sponsor, but the beauty parade seemed to be something of a hit.

 

[Wilf]

Tonight's event offers guests 2 options:

1. Full 5 course meal and after dinner party

2. Carry out meal with sachet of deniability for those who wish to leave before it gets too rapey

 

[ViolentPanda]

That's cos the workers might not share the same habitus* as the attendees.

*hopefully I'm using the term correctly!

Ye are, ye wee Bourdieu-ite!

 

[ViolentPanda]

I don't know a working class woman who doesn't have a story like this. Pubs, cafes, restaurants, hospitality etc do seem to be especially bad; not least because of the often tenuous job security and lack of pastoral care for workers.

Greebo used to do Silver Service in the restaurants of a couple of "old-fashioned" West End hotels, in the late eighties and early nineties. She gave up, because she was fed up with what she called "colonel bufton-tuftons" putting their hands up her dress. Apparently the tips were usually very good from women customers, but the blokes only tipped well if they were either young, or with a woman.

 

[ViolentPanda]

he's in a queue as there aren't enough pr consultants to go round right now

Typical of Max Clifford to go and die at the wrong time.

 

[Wilf]

Typical of Max Clifford to go and die at the wrong time.

Perhaps an enterprising clairvoyant could set up a channelling service?

 

[keithy]

I haven't mixed in those circles for about twenty years, and, since leaving the UK, have had no direct or indirect contact with them. Anyone making innapropriate comments or otherwise sexist comments I always challenge. I'm not sure what else I can do.

What would have stopped you when it was you?

 

[keithy]

I doubt many are surprised. But no matter how obvious things like this are, those who are part of it still absolutely hate specifics coming out and individuals being scrutinised.

Exactly, just because it's not surprising doesn't mean it's not wrong and people shouldn't be held accountable. It will never be surprising if we don't challenge it.

 

[keithy]

Honestly? I operated my desk, hit the show cues when the voice in my ear said “go” and got paid. My industry is very small, close knit and has a queue of people a mile long wanting to break in to it and take my job. I have a mortgage to pay and kids to feed.

So yeah, that.

Do you have daughter (s)?

Worth thinking about.

 

[chilango]

Did beesonthewhatnow have any more choice in whether to accept this work than the "hostesses"?

(I'm asking, not stating, here btw)

 

[Pickman's model]

Perhaps an enterprising clairvoyant could set up a channelling service?

necromancer

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Do you have daughter (s)?

Worth thinking about.

I think he was thinking about them: I have a mortgage to pay and kids to feed.

 

[keithy]

Accepting the work is irrelevent. Standing by witnessing sexual harrassment and abuse is another.

 

[keithy]

Statistically it is very likely that one day your daughter will be being sexually assaulted, harrassed, abused or raped. And it is very likely that people are standing by and letting it happen when they could stop it.

Because it is easier not to do anything.

 

[HoratioCuthbert]

Do you have daughter (s)?

Worth thinking about.

Kids. To. Feed. I think you should back off a bit. Up until now it has seemed pointless to speak up about these things if you are a woman because the first thing that happens is that *you* are subjected to a character assasination, rather than the men themselves. Even teenagers/children that this happens too are often described as precocious (which is precisely why men like that target them, as they know they are less likely to be believed.) And recently we've seen people laying into women who spoke up for not doing it sooner!

It's just a laugh. Don't be so uptight. Are you on your period?

 

[keithy]

And I AM stating.

If people want things to be different then stop it when it is happening. Please. For the girls and women who are dealing with this every fucking day of our lives!

 

[Lord Camomile]

Usual apologies if it's already been covered, but looks like the original story is in front of the paywall now:

 

[HoratioCuthbert]

Oh and I have totally misgendered beesonthewindow... Shiiiiiiit.

 

[keithy]

Oh and I have totally misgendered beesonthewindow... Shiiiiiiit.

Well in case you'r in doubt I am a woman who has been sexually harrassed and assaulted and actually even raped while other men stood by and chose the easy option to do nothing. Mind their own business. Like bees describes.

 

[Badgers]

Usual apologies if it's already been covered, but looks like the original story is in front of the paywall now:

Has been all day

 

[HoratioCuthbert]

Well in case you'r in doubt I am a woman who has been sexually harrassed and assaulted and actually even raped while other men stood by and chose the easy option to do nothing. Mind their own business. Like bees describes.

I didn't make any assumptions there, honestly. And #metoo

 

[Lord Camomile]

Has been all day

Oh yeah, that was from 8:15 this morning

Sorry, followed a Twitter thread backwards and forgot to check the times.