My opinion is Hollywood was (especially in 1960) one big buffet of "girls" and women for a guy in a position of power. And the women slept their way to the top. Noomi Rapace recently said a theater production she was working at in 2000...was one big buffet for the director and she had to avoid him. He got real pissed at her avoiding him.
It’s still a buffet. And not just for straight male directors and producers and casting agents. It’s a buffet for gay directors, producers etc. Lots of straight wanabe stars will give a BJ for a role. And then there are the lesbian power women.
Years ago someone I knew who worked for SAG told me Travolta gave a BJ for the role in Saturday Night Fever. After all the crap he’s been caught doing in massage parlors apparently my friend’s info was correct.