Allegations of sexual assault against Rammstein singer Till Lindemann go beyond the metal band. Patriarchal structures permeate the entire music industry.
The groupie life is deliberately romanticized to this day, which is why many of the women are said to have been unaware of the danger they were exposed to. Even if accusations that are even true still have hardly any consequences for perpetrators, writes Jürgen Schulte-Brockhoff in an article for Die Welt.