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llamajun:

shwetanarayan:

hssanya:


Did you know that after they switched to blind auditions, major symphony orchestras hired women between 30% to 55% more? Before bringing in “blind auditions” with a screen to conceal the the candidate, women in the top 5 major orchestras made up less than 5% of the musicians performing.

so I believe it was actually more complicated than that, in interesting ways. Because at first, when they did blind auditions, they were STILL hiring more men.

…Then they put down a carpet, so that high heels didn’t clack on the floor,  and BOOM women were suddenly getting hired.

The testers didn’t even know that’s what they were picking up on, which just goes to show how tiny of a cue it takes for misogyny to kick in.

When I was auditioning for various college scholarships, I’d get marked down for wearing heels because they “negatively affect breath control”.

Interestingly, none of the scoring sheets from blind auditions mentioned any issues with my musical phrasing or air support.

tl;dr, my personal experience supports the idea of sexism during auditions.




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