Over the years, women have experienced a lot and have had numerous equal opportunities. In the year of 2015, in a billion dollar industry such as Hollywood equal pay is not one of them. Actresses and film executives are paid less than their male colleagues(Khon). It is absurd that women do not have equal pay.
Why should we care about people that are making millions more than us? We should care because it sets an example for young girls.We can teach them it is ok to stand up for your rights and to have equal treatment. Rose McGowan stood and called people out on Twitter because of wardrobe requirements that were,“ …Black (or dark) form fitting tank that shows off cleavage (pushup bras encouraged). And form fitting leggings encouraged. Nothing …show more content…
Jennifer had successful movies such as American Hustle and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and was underpaid while some of her male co-stars including Christian Bale, Jeremy Renner and Bradley Cooper (Khon). It is ridiculous that an actress gets paid less than her male co-stars when they are doing the same job. As all of this came as a surprise to Jennifer as she found out through an email hack. She said, “When the Sony hack happened and I found out how much less I was being paid than the lucky people with …show more content…
During her speech, she talked regarding equal pay for women. She said, “ To every woman who gave birth, to every taxpayer and citizen of this nation, we have fought for everybody else’s equal rights. It’s our time to have wage equality once and for all and equal rights for women in the United States of America”("Onstage Speech Transcript:”).Her speech was admiringly received by the audience Jennifer Lopez and Meryl Streep gave a standing ovation (Woodruff).
Gender wage gap does not only have to do with actresses, but also with film executives. Like actresses, women film executives are also paid less than their male colleagues, while they do the same job. Film executives do their work behind the scene and are responsible for. An example is, “The studio[Colombia Pictures] paid Michael De Luca $2.4 million a year but only paid Hannah Minghella $1.5 million a year — or 37 percent less than De Luca”