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| Female band manager told to leave industry because she's a woman, in sexist email | Female band manager told to leave industry because she's a woman, in sexist email |
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| When a band manager replied to an email from a freelance counterpart, she was shocked when he advised her to leave the industry because she’s a woman and told her he’d let her know if he needed a cleaner. | When a band manager replied to an email from a freelance counterpart, she was shocked when he advised her to leave the industry because she’s a woman and told her he’d let her know if he needed a cleaner. |
| The music manager sent the email after Emma Jay Marsh, 22, a manager at Spiral MGMT in London, told him an artist she represents couldn't take part in a collaboration. | The music manager sent the email after Emma Jay Marsh, 22, a manager at Spiral MGMT in London, told him an artist she represents couldn't take part in a collaboration. |
| What should have been a professional exchange culminated in the man signing off the email to Marsh: “Thanks you piece of s***” | What should have been a professional exchange culminated in the man signing off the email to Marsh: “Thanks you piece of s***” |
| Asked whether such behaviour is commonplace in the music industry, Marsh told The Independent: “95 per cent of men I've dealt with are an absolute pleasure, and are great people who don't tolerate things like this.” | Asked whether such behaviour is commonplace in the music industry, Marsh told The Independent: “95 per cent of men I've dealt with are an absolute pleasure, and are great people who don't tolerate things like this.” |
| The screenshot of the message that Ms Jay received | |
| "We do have some wonderful guys in the industry and it's people like this that give them all a stereotype which isn't at all true in most cases." | "We do have some wonderful guys in the industry and it's people like this that give them all a stereotype which isn't at all true in most cases." |
| However, she added that she thinks women are sometimes treated differently and sidelined in favour of male colleagues. | However, she added that she thinks women are sometimes treated differently and sidelined in favour of male colleagues. |
| Marsh said she shared a screengrab of the email on Instagram to highlight how 'ridiculous' the music industry can be. | Marsh said she shared a screengrab of the email on Instagram to highlight how 'ridiculous' the music industry can be. |
| In the face of the hate-filled message, Marsh said she wasn't upset, and called his cleaner remark "over the top" and "hilarious". | In the face of the hate-filled message, Marsh said she wasn't upset, and called his cleaner remark "over the top" and "hilarious". |
| "I take this stuff on the chin, because it doesn't ever effect what I'm doing." | "I take this stuff on the chin, because it doesn't ever effect what I'm doing." |