women were kept out of meetings and career opportunities at Pixar because John Lasseter was so much of a sex pest that people decided it was easier to simply not have them in the room with him

how many talented women didn’t get a fair chance because one guy couldn’t behave himself?

April 11, 2026 - 18:35 UTC

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I grew up in xtian/cult circles where men couldn't be alone w/women at work and women should be home, anyway.

I remember realising, as a young teen, that these guys were basically saying "I will r*pe you if I am ever alone with you".
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"And it's your fault!" It amazes me that men like that simultaneously insist that (a) they are in charge because men are smarter, more powerful, and better at self-control than women, and (b) women are so powerful men absolutely can't control themselves around women.
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that's a shame, there should have been An Incident that involved the phrase "bathed in his gore to her elbows" instead of keeping women held back
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The world would be a much better place if we had zero tolerance for any kind of abuse by one’s work superior. That such abuse is considered just the way things are forms the foundation of toxicity. Sex pest bosses can hide for a long time within that toxicity.
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Learning that Brad Bird’s new film is produced by Lasseter and the Ellisons sure was a disappointment
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There are a TON of predatory men in animation. And in every other industry. Remember MeToo?
Men need to call other men out on this shit, and stop giving it a pass.
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One guy who couldn't behave himself, but layers upon layers of systemic elite impunity reinforced by cultures of impunity at investigative and police agencies which fuck up or outright refuse to go after the rich and powerful. Elite impunity has to end. Oligarchs must fear consequences.
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THIS. It's never just That Guy - it's everyone and everything that prefers That Guy and keeps him where he is.
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makes me grateful for major creators who are just mildly problematic in some other way and not sex pests

like Hayao Miyazaki being a blunt, grouchy SOB but not, importantly, ever reportedly a sex pest
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Blunt and grouchy are fine so long as they don't veer into insulting. Linus Torvolds (creater and head of Linux) was in a similar position and did the work of pulling himself from the latter to more of the former
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Ugh, just googled. The director of Toy Story is yet another “not all guys but definitely this guy” examples.
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thank you for this easily-google-able tidbit
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That’s why it took them decades to realize there might be stories more universal than the cars, cowboys, and astronauts of white Boomer boys’ American childhoods.

Blew their minds that Coco was their biggest-ever hit in China.
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Modern tween girls are supposed to make the effort to relate to Onward—please—but Disney freaks out that delicate boys can’t handle Turning Red.

Even in North America alone: dork around on the census sites, and see the Midwestern metal/ RPG boys haven’t been the mainstream since Wayne’s World.
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"...people decided it was easier to simply not have them in the room with him" rather than "not have him in the room with them."
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A decision was made that he was worth more than any woman harassed out of the company. Easy to justify (but still wrong) with the likes of Lassetter but the same decision is made countless times in favour of countless men at all levels of the workforce.
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My thoughts exactly!
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The Rick & Morty writing room actually did do it this way and it was still not the best for the women, I think
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And, of course, Lasseter heads up the animation division at Skydance now.
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He created it when they ousted him from Pixar.
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That's not a broken step.. that's the entire staircase.
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It is SO fuck sadly predictable how shitheads like this are enabled over probs way more talented people just over 'boi networks'
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harvey weinstein told at least 80 talented women they had to sleep with him or be black listed and it muted our talents in film for decades. the fight is real.
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bsky.app/profile/amateurexpertop.bsky.social/post/3micfsuqzl22y
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All… all women?
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And he's still putting movies out. I wish cancel culture was something that was actually real.
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I was in a high stress corp career a few years ago but had a wonderful manager. He hired a v diverse team but was caught off guard by the extent of bias, objectification, & invisible work. He chose to self educate. Later, I learned he reported a peer to HR after “comments on my tits” to coworkers.
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