No actor is paid the same as any other actor wyd?
They each have an individual value in the industry. Like if the rock is acting alongside Jennifer Aniston then the rock is obviously going to be paid more.
If Hollywood considered them equal, they would be paid the same as men for similar roles. While that can happen, it’s still the exception. And usually only happens for women who’ve won awards.
When Hollywood stops basing pay on gender, then we can get rid of the gendered awards.
System_below@lemmy.myserv.one 3 weeks ago
Uruanna@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Like if the rock is acting alongside Jennifer Aniston then the rock is obviously going to be paid more.
Dude you can’t write that and forget the /s
Ulrich@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
And having separate categories solves that how? You’re just perpetuating the very thing you’re declaring is a problem.
geekwithsoul@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
The current system is less than ideal, but at least with gendered awards, women have a shot at getting awards which translates into bigger future paychecks. What you’re proposing is that the same industry that currently ignores equal pay for women is somehow going to recognize them in a category against the men who are already getting paid more than them?!
Ulrich@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
This doesn’t solve equal pay, it just perpetuates the misogynist notion that women aren’t good enough to compete with men.
al_Kaholic@lemmynsfw.com 3 weeks ago
But not if they still pay the woman less no matter how many awards she gets. How does it translate? How do you feel about men making way less in the adult film industry? Would men winning more awards change anything?
geekwithsoul@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
There’s at least one study showing men get an 81% increase in money after a big award win, whereas woman get much, much less but usually something more and greater creative control of which projects they do. If they’re all lumped in the same category, men continue to win the awards and get pay bumps and women get nothing at all.
Not going to bother with an opinion on the adult film industry as that’s ostensibly a similar business but has hugely different economics. Not sure it’s really relevant to this discussion as generally, female performers in adult films go through much more difficulties than their male counterparts - they’re literally not doing the same job, whereas in the mainstream film industry they are.
Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
Let me guess, you are against affirmative action as well.
Ulrich@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
That’s a bad guess.
Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago