Monday, December 19, 2022
Connecting the Dots: Advancing Gender Equity in the Arts through Research, Policy, and Change
ARTS Blog: New data from the National Endowment for the Arts, summarized in the research brief “Artists in the Workforce: Selected Demographic Characteristics Prior to COVID‐19,” paints a fuller picture of why women in the dance industry, particularly women of color, were particularly devastated by the pandemic.
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It’s crazy to see the contrast between the amount of men and women in the labor force post-pandemic. I’d like to think that all of the women who haven’t returned to the labor force due to the caretaking duties as referred to in the article actually chose to stay home and continue being caretakers. However, unfortunately, I know better than that. The lack of support from the government and from employers for women workers in caretaking positions is slim to none. It feels silly to say it’s unfair, but I can’t think of a better word to describe the way men have been able to make up for their pandemic losses, but women have been held back. I’m interested to see what the dance industry does with the research discussed in the article, and I hope that one day that research beings to spread through all of the performing arts and the entire workforce overall.
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