She has asked to remain anonymous but asked that I share her words here because the photographer still works in the industry. She wants to encourage other women to speak up. We need a way to begin breaking the silence while remaining protected. We are not talking about one, five, or even twenty men. We are talking about a culture of exploitation and it must stop. If you would like to share publicly use the hashtag MyJobShouldNotIncludeAbuse so the industry can see the size and scope of this problem. Hearing about harveyweinstein this week has sparked conversations about how widespread and how familiar his behavior is. We talked about how hard it is to share stories of assault. When they are the norm, calling them out can feel disruptive and unprofessional.

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For a fashion model, success is the ability to incite desire. The job requirements often include nudity and feigning seduction; provocation is a lever for sales. In the industry, boundaries between the acceptable and the unacceptable treatment of models have been etched in shades of gray. This has allowed prominent photographers to cross the line with impunity for decades, sexually exploiting models and assistants. The experience, once seen as the price models had to pay for their careers, is now being called something else: abuse of power and sexual harassment. The men recalled, with remarkable consistency, private sessions with Mr. Models were asked to breathe and to touch both themselves and Mr. Weber guided their hands with his own. A lot of touching. A lot of molestation.
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Monday night, Model Teddy Quinlivan penned a powerful open letter on Instagram, disclosing sexual harassment and assault over the course of her career. In a message that she posted on Monday evening, the year-old discussed not only the over-arching issue as it exists in the industry but also three separate events that she, herself, experienced first-hand. There's this sexual assault that happens in the workplace in fashion and people write it off because it's a creative industry.
After the exposing of film mogul Harvey Weinstein , each day has seen more women speak out, detailing their own experiences with sexual assault. The revelations have sparked a movement, encouraging people to tell their stories in hopes of spreading awareness and working towards a safer world for everyone. Under the hashtag MyJobShouldNotIncludeAbuse , model and activist Cameron Russell is helping other models share their sexual assault experiences by photographers and teams on photo shoots. Russell is lending her Instagram to those who direct message her with stories to share, posting screenshots of each one as permanent posts.