'The problem goes deeper than any festival. It's an institutionalized mentality that guys think they can do whatever they want to girls, and I don’t think a festival can control that,” one Coachella attendee said.
Yet whether misconduct incidents have gotten better or worse over Coachella’s 20-year tenure, or how that compares with Goldenvoice’s country-focused Stagecoach festival later this month, is difficult to gauge from police data alone. NationallyGuitron also noted that victims sometimes decline to pursue further action after reporting an incident, while others may not come forward for weeks or even months after the events.
It's an institutionalized mentality that guys think they can do whatever they want to girls, and I don’t think a festival can control thatEvery One also deploys a team of “ambassadors” throughout the grounds to help deter bad behavior, and to whom fest-goers can report misconduct or otherwise seek help amidst the crush of the crowd. Coachella organizers Goldenvoice promoted the campaign on its social media and in festival guidebooks.
And yet the majority of women with whom The Times spoke were unaware that resources like Every One existed in the first place, an issue that may have less to do with visibility than the ingrained cultural normalization of bad behaviors. “I’ve been to other festivals like Rolling Loud and Day N Night, and it was way worse there,” said Hannah Herr, 18. “Everyone is trying to dance up on you and grab you.”
As if on cue, this conversation with a reporter is interrupted—twice—by an apparently inebriated male attempting to hit on us and offer us his open drink. We decline. He eventually gets the message.
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