Gwen said: \u201cIt\u2019s been powerful to share the story with so many people, and to have many women sharing their similar experience in response. This is a comedy show, in that it\u2019s about comedy itself \u2013 both as a tool for survival and as the thing that\u2019s killing us. What\u2019s really coming through is that we keep treating these as isolated incidents instead of being brave enough to look at the systemic problem.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe comedy industry creates the psychological harm that leads to PTSD, then erases women who develop PTSD from the narrative. We\u2019re not just failing victims \u2013 we\u2019re actively disappearing them.<\/p>\n
\u201cReporting systems are broken, action by employers and legal systems are inadequate. Many women end up being functionally isolated after reporting an issue, others suffer health problems \u2013 with me it was PTSD. But it\u2019s bigger than individual failures \u2013 it\u2019s about how we refuse to see the pattern. We need to come together and try new systems right now, because the harm is happening every day that we don\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gwen points to the situation in the UK entertainment industry and 2024 survey by the union BECTU which reported that:<\/p>\n
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- 92% of creative industry workers witnessed or experienced bullying\/harassment based on sex\/gender<\/li>\n
- 85% experienced or witnessed sexual harassment in their workplace, with 20% experiencing serious sexual assault while at work<\/li>\n
- Only 9% of those who reported incidents thought they were dealt with appropriately, while 60% chose not to report because they worried about career impact<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
University of York research from 2023 concluded that the UK screen industry was \u201cfailing to tackle sexual harassment\u201d and that women were losing jobs and careers as a result of reporting harassment.<\/p>\n
Gwen\u2019s own experience \u2013 discussed in the show \u2013 was from the trauma caused by an inappropriate and problematic student affair with her improv teacher in the USA.<\/p>\n
She sets this against a backdrop of other mythological figures like Venus, and the beautiful maiden Medusa who was raped by the sea god Poseidon then, in the ultimate act of victim blaming, transformed into a snake-headed monster.<\/p>\n
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