“Wood has spoken to the FBI; in a meeting we glimpse in Phoenix Rising, she mimes being dragged by the hair. But no criminal charges have been brought against Warner. And one man’s arrest certainly won’t put an end to rotten gender dynamics in the music industry that have been festering since before Evan Rachel Wood or Brian Warner was born.

So, what is to be done? I tend to agree with Powers when she writes that “music’s pleasure culture… demands a reassessment of the fine lines between artists’ self-expression and exploitation by others, and between erotic encounters that enrich people’s lives and the kind of encroachments that can destroy them.” Until we’re ready to wade through this morass as a culture, with the care, precision, and nuance #MeToo sometimes lacked, there are sure to be a lot more infuriating documentaries where Phoenix Rising came from”. 

This is very true, one man’s arrest is not going to put an end to gender dynamics. Not only in the music industry, but in society. That is why we have to speak up to make the change happen when we can. There is a hierarchy of power, based on gender, which systematically divides us. Women are often treated with violence to cause them to feel like they are powerless, while the men that are treated with violence are done so to act out power and keep that system going. We need to be outraged and infuriated to make change happen.