Pay Of Actors In Hollywood By Jennifer Lawrence

The most well-known limit placed upon women in a work setting is the wage gap, or the difference between a man’s salary and a woman’s salary. Authors dive into the subject of the current wage gap because of its presence in modern society, and one author who does speak out about the topic is Caroline Fredrickson. Fredrickson, president of the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy, writes in her book Under the Bus: How Working Women Are Being Run Over about how the gap between a man and woman’s salaries does exist in today’s progressive society. To argue her case, Fredrickson reveals, “In the past decade, women have not made any progress at all, with the wage gap overall remaining stubbornly at 77 percent…” (44). This gap of seventy seven percent implies that the majority of women are paid only seventy seven percent of what a man is paid in any given position.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics states that the average yearly salary for a Celebrity Photographer is about $35,980. But, depending on the job and clients that yearly average can change. In some states like New York and California that average is higher. In California the average is $48,630 or higher.

In the 21st century, a female will earn less than a male. “Will I have to explain to my daughter that her brother is gonna make more money doing the exact same job because he’s a man? If they both played sports since they were three years old, they both worked just as hard, but because he’s a boy, they’re gonna give him more money?” Serena Williams said in Glamour’s July issue (May). Gender roles play a big part in the 21st century, either with the pay gap or how someone is

In this op-ed, Lipman’s point is that women do, indeed, get paid less than their male counterparts for the same job and that calling out these companies for doing so will help millions of women across America. She brings up the fact that even female doctors and surgeons make less than men in the same field, refuting the opposing point that women prefer lower paying industries. She does point out that a cause for this could be the fact that men are more likely to ask for a raise, and when a woman does ask for one, she asks for less than a man would; but she goes on to say that women asking for raises is just not enough. Lipman includes the fact that “Britain has introduced a plan that requires companies with 250 or more employees to report

Earlier this year Aileen Rizo finally spoke out about her difference in pay. She worked as a math consultant at a California county office that supports dozens of school districts. Recently a man was just hired as a math consultant also and had been started at a much higher salary. She then filled a lawsuit because she didn’t want her daughters thinking it was ok to be working just as hard as men and get a lower pay. She thought maybe it was because of her race and obvious gender.

Many women today work just as hard as their male coworkers and have the same amount of experience and education, maybe even more, but make less money than their coworkers. In the United States and all around the world women are dealing with this problem. There is even a national day that focuses on this exact problem and it doesn’t pertain to one certain industry either. In fact, it is all throughout society. While some education and experience provide more value for women all around the world females are being held back from their potential just because they aren’t men. Society shows this every day. One example of this is how the lead actress in Shameless, Emmy Rossum, is speaking out and demanding equal pay after finding out she has been paid less since the television series started. Rossum plays a key role only to find that some of her male coworkers are making more (Jensen, 2017). The problem is that women are working just as hard as men or even harder, but they are still being deprived.

The pay gap between genders exhibits sexism in America yet some researchers are in denial. Warren Farrell, expert on gender issues within legislation and former board member of National Organization for Women, claims otherwise. In his book Why Men Earn More, he attributes difference in wages to females choosing human resources jobs, which pay less, and not choosing harsher jobs that pay more (Farrell). His overall point is that men sacrifice more thus companies pay more for those sacrifices. His argument only compares the genders when different job requirements alter wages, but does not mention wages of identical jobs.

Earlier this year, American Hustle star Lawrence had gone on record saying she would do all she could to help female actresses to get equal pay. She had written an article expressing her displeasure at being

In 2014, the Sony Hack revealed a paid list of the celebrities in the movie industry and discovered the equal pay difference between men and women. Hollywood was shocked at this revelation. The lists indicated that male actors were paid higher than the female actresses in the same movie, regardless of their role in the movie. After Sony’s email was hacked, Jennifer Lawrence spoke out about sexism in Hollywood through her essay entitled: “ Why do I make less than my male co-stars?”( Lam, 2015). Through the Sony hack, Hollywood, a visibly huge and powerful movie industry, can be a role model for developing gender paid equality.

Inequality has been a dilemma for several years in countless different ways. A persistent problem with disproportion of income between women and men has been lingering within many companies in the United States. It has been said that women earn less money than men in the workplace for many different reasons. Some of these reasons are that women have not spent enough time in the office to be rewarded with raises and bonuses because they are busy with their home lives and taking care of their children, they, unlike men, have been taught to be timid and unaggressive which ultimately steers them away from requesting higher pay, or they do not meet the qualifications to receive promotions (Hymowitz, 2008). This essay is in response to On

In addition, many women don’t have as strong negotiating power when it comes to their wages compared to men. Many men aren’t afraid asking for wage increases, while many women feel it’s not appropriate to do so. As a result,

Imagine having successful movies and awards while being underpaid, this was Jennifer Lawrence’s experience. Jennifer had successful movies such as American Hustler and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and was underpaid while some of her male co-stars have not had successful films in years (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 dicks”(Lawrence).

The focus of this article was gender pay gap in Hollywood, and it also talked regarding a particular actress from the movie American Hustle. Jennifer Lawrence was the actress from the movie, and she was paid less than her male co-stars. Even though, Jennifer won more awards than some of her co-stars, and her recent movie, The Hunger Games:Catching Fire, had one of the largest box office opening weekends in history.

“I do not demand equal pay for any women save those who do equal work in value. Scorn to be coddled by your employers; make them understand that you are in their service as workers, not as women.” (Susan B. Anthony) Susan B. Anthony said this over a hundred years ago, when the woman’s suffrage movement was just beginning in the United States. Even after all this time, the gender wage gap is a still hot topic in the United States today. Popular stars and politicians including Kate Winslet, Jennifer Lawrence, and Hillary Clinton all have something to say about it. There is even a section of thewhitehouse.gov dedicated to discussing the gender wage gap which is the comparison of women 's wages to men’s wages in the United States (“Equal Pay”). It is pretty common knowledge in the United States that women make 78 cents to a man’s dollar. However, it is not common knowledge that this is only comparing white women to white men (“The Simple Truth”). Women of color make even less than that, Latinas making the least, only 54 cents to a white man’s dollar. The Latina wage gap is largely ignored by the media because of the complicated politics of racial and gender based discrimination.

I examined different professional industries in The United States to get a familiar understanding of gender inequality around me. Gender inequality does not particularly favor one sex in every professional industry. Joanne Lipman’s article, "Let’s Expose the Gender Pay Gap," dealt with professional women in the work force and the gender pay gap that exists between professional men. There is also a distinct gender gap between a woman and a man asking for a raise or promotion within a company. “Female doctors and surgeons, for example, earn 71 percent of what their male colleagues make, while female financial specialists are paid just 66 percent as much as comparable men. Other researchers have calculated that women one year out of college earn 6.6 percent less than men after controlling for occupation and hours, and that female M.B.A. graduates earn on average $4,600 less than their male classmates for their first jobs.” (Lipman). There is a statistical gender pay gap in The United States that is undeniable.