For years, women in Hollywood have quietly endured sexist work environments, wage disparity, lack of job opportunity both in front of and behind the camera, and other wrongful behavior. But 2015 has marked a turning point. Hardly a week goes by in which a prominent actress or director doesn’t make headlines by blasting Hollywood for treating women as second-class citizens.
The push for equal work opportunities has gone hand in hand with an increasing outcry over sexual assault, both on college campuses and elsewhere, involving major figures.The conversation about how women are treated in Hollywood is reaching a fever pitch on feminist issues, fueled in part by presidential candidates like Hillary Clinton. There’s a new wave of feminism bubbling up whereby more women are speaking out publicly against long-endured injustices.
I believe this can impact the world. Everyone watches Hollywood movies, and seeing this new line of feminism grow in movies will have some sort of positive response from the world around it.Especially, for the Middle East, the women can now slowly start seeing themselves as a reflection of feminist Hollywood figures or politicians. There is still a lot of stigma attached to the 'it girl'' when it comes to Hollywood and I think that will never go away, because it sells. However, this movement, however slow it may be, I believe Hollywood is going towards the right path.
The push for equal work opportunities has gone hand in hand with an increasing outcry over sexual assault, both on college campuses and elsewhere, involving major figures.The conversation about how women are treated in Hollywood is reaching a fever pitch on feminist issues, fueled in part by presidential candidates like Hillary Clinton. There’s a new wave of feminism bubbling up whereby more women are speaking out publicly against long-endured injustices.
I believe this can impact the world. Everyone watches Hollywood movies, and seeing this new line of feminism grow in movies will have some sort of positive response from the world around it.Especially, for the Middle East, the women can now slowly start seeing themselves as a reflection of feminist Hollywood figures or politicians. There is still a lot of stigma attached to the 'it girl'' when it comes to Hollywood and I think that will never go away, because it sells. However, this movement, however slow it may be, I believe Hollywood is going towards the right path.