Idealized notions male of superiority are sustained and reinforced in Hollywood through gender-wage gap and the underrepresentation of women on and off-screen in Hollywood. In-between these two main issues are the tying sub issues of an uncontrollable force, age, and the devaluation of female roles in Hollywood that amplifies male superiority and emphasizes gender bias, gender difference and gender inequality.
Gender inequality as a product of gender differences is still existent in Hollywood maybe to a lesser extent than 50 years ago but still prevalent notwithstanding. It also still exists in the workplace and in the media’s portrayal of gender. With the focus on Hollywood, lets take for instance the recent public discovery as a result …show more content…
Considering that gender revolves around identity, interaction and institution, it’s logical to derive that Hollywood at its core is representative of the latter, an institution. Hollywood is seen as an efficient measure of gender-based pay differences because alternative explanations for the gender-wage gap such as unmeasured productivity-related factors can be excluded (Pater, Judge & Scott, 2014). In addition, Hollywood is supposedly said to have achieved higher levels of gender integration, essentially free agency of movie stars and top males and female actors are classified as a homogenous group (Pater, Judge & Scott, 2014). Likewise, the effort from either gender put into movies are roughly equal and from research the movie audiences rather than movie stars play the major role in the financial success of a movie (Vany & Walls, 1996). With regard to the aforementioned factors, elements such as sex segregation of the labor market, possible impact of work hours or other productivity-related factors and sex difference in the profitability of movie stars can be cancelled as possible explanations for gender differences and inequality in earnings in Hollywood.
So why is there still pervasive male superiority in Hollywood? Why did Jennifer Lawrence earn less than her male counterparts, Bradley Cooper and Christian Bale? Why does this reflect the reinforcement of gender differences and gender inequalities in
Gender inequality as a product of gender differences is still existent in Hollywood maybe to a lesser extent than 50 years ago but still prevalent notwithstanding. It also still exists in the workplace and in the media’s portrayal of gender. With the focus on Hollywood, lets take for instance the recent public discovery as a result …show more content…
Considering that gender revolves around identity, interaction and institution, it’s logical to derive that Hollywood at its core is representative of the latter, an institution. Hollywood is seen as an efficient measure of gender-based pay differences because alternative explanations for the gender-wage gap such as unmeasured productivity-related factors can be excluded (Pater, Judge & Scott, 2014). In addition, Hollywood is supposedly said to have achieved higher levels of gender integration, essentially free agency of movie stars and top males and female actors are classified as a homogenous group (Pater, Judge & Scott, 2014). Likewise, the effort from either gender put into movies are roughly equal and from research the movie audiences rather than movie stars play the major role in the financial success of a movie (Vany & Walls, 1996). With regard to the aforementioned factors, elements such as sex segregation of the labor market, possible impact of work hours or other productivity-related factors and sex difference in the profitability of movie stars can be cancelled as possible explanations for gender differences and inequality in earnings in Hollywood.
So why is there still pervasive male superiority in Hollywood? Why did Jennifer Lawrence earn less than her male counterparts, Bradley Cooper and Christian Bale? Why does this reflect the reinforcement of gender differences and gender inequalities in