Sexual Harassment Of Women In Enchanted's Unreal

Sexual harassment and men using their power to get women to do things is nothing new. Women have been systemically oppressed by men in the film and television industry and in general society for generations; UnReal is one of the few shows to highlight the prominent culture in the industry in such detail. The show tackles the topic of misogyny and the exploitation of women in the industry by mimicking its behavior. Viewers of Unreal may see it as mere entertainment, but the show is closely emulating scenarios that occur within the industry. While sexual harassment and misconduct has existed in the industry for years, the salient topic has just begun to be prominently featured and addressed. In the past few weeks, multiple women have come forward …show more content…
It is revealed that Chet stole the idea of the show Everlasting from Quinn, but when Quinn attempted to take legal action, she was brushed off and labeled as crazy by Chet’s lawyer. Quinn, however, is an intelligent woman and uses the fact that Chet is a vacuous male against him and gets him to admit that she is the true creator of the show, but in the end, she winds up with a mere 40% ownership of Everlasting; which is a clear reference to how a woman can work immensely more than a man and still wind up with less. In the episode that followed, Quinn tells Chet that she will be the one to pitch the next season of Everlasting to the network, he agrees to let her, but only if he is able to be there as well. At the meeting, Quinn diligently crafted and prepared her pitch, but the network executive was clearly bored, that is, until Chet commenced a parade of childish comments about boobs and double-d supermodels. Once Chet began conversing with the executive, he got on board with Quinn’s pitch, which clearly shows that she is not taken seriously merely because she is a …show more content…
In episode 7 of UnReal, the aftermath of Mary’s suicide causes the network to halt production of the show. Quinn schemes up a brilliant plan to spin the suicide, but at first the network executive forbids from proceeding with the plan; however, she fires back at him and he then calls her “a PA who slept her way to the top,” in front of her whole team. In the end, Quinn goes through with her plan despite the counsel of the network and the show obtained all-time high ratings. Instead of apologizing to Quinn, as the network executive is leaving he says to Chet “that bitch goes up against me again and she is