That he was ignorant and arrogant enough to use a term meant to shame Laughlin, Martin, Tom, and all my friends was despicable, convenient, and typical, because the late seventies dynamic for every female I knew was this: Straight men stood at the top of the pyramid and employed whatever tactics they needed to keep it that way, which likely was harder in the theater business because gay men were among the most talented and successful. Gay men were also the only ones willing to mentor girls. Girls wanted to be taught, to learn, rise in the ranks. Mentoring, for most straight men, meant sex,
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