Wednesday, November 14, 2018
Patricia Arquette Talks Wage Gap, Says She's Still Paid Less
themuse.jezebel.com: Remember the time Patricia Arquette made Meryl Streep stand up at the Oscar and shout “Yes! Yes!” by talking about ending the gender pay gap in Hollywood? That was over four years ago, and producers are still giving Arquette poor deals and finding new and creative ways to pay her less than her male co-stars.
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Gender pay gap is a depressing and harsh reality of the world we live in today. Even though both the genders work the same amount of time and put in the same type of effort, yet one of the two's work and value is diminished to a lesser importance. Unfortunately, in most cases, it is the women who are paid less.
This article clearly articulates the struggles of women to achieve equal pay in a world that is headed by the patriarchy but which takes in the same time and effort from women, only to not compensate it completely. In any given field, women work equally or sometimes even more than men, yet they are paid less. The reason being the patriarchal ideology of the world around us.
People today have accepted the fact that whatever they might do, equality cannot be achieved. This is a pessimistic outlook which only undermines the value of a woman's work and makes them lose any hope for any sort of betterment.
This is not something that is right for to exist in the world. Equality is deserved by all, for all the work anyone puts in, hence it should be something that everyone should work for and toward to better.
This is absolutely ridiculous. The fact that this still exists, in any industry, is abhorrent. I understand pay based on experience, awards, notability, etc. and since the writer chose to note that Arquette's co-star had won several Academy Awards, it is difficult to tell if this was the case, or if it was indeed a gender pay gap issue. However, in an industry where it is already much harder for women to even get jobs, as there are more of us and the production side is still a male-dominated industry, it is disgusting that the culture of the industry perpetuates the tolerance of unequal pay for the same job. I do think it is important that the writer calls out Arquette's misspeak, however, as we do need to not only be talking about equal pay for women and men, but for people of color, trans people, LGBTQ, etc. The entertainment industry needs to be more than just another business that says its cares and is forward-thinking, and actually put its money where its mouth is. I think that the Inclusion Rider that Frances McDormond mentioned in her Oscar speech a few years back needs to be a think that *all* performers in Hollywood accept, including if not especially, the men. Things will not get better unless we all strive to make them so.
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