Eva Longoria Calls Out Hollywood

[hewontgo]

Eva Longoria: "A white male can direct a $200 million film, fail and get another one. That’s the problem. I get one at-bat, one chance, work twice as hard, twice as fast, twice as cheap." https://t.co/2Ok8qvGKYT
- Variety (@Variety) May 23, 2023
Longoria is making her feature directorial debut with “Flamin’ Hot

Comments

[shittysoup]

[blood_pressures]

made me think of cooking which is considered a female activity but most of the famous chefs are men

[nutella_forever]

the same happens with make up (most of the known make up artists are men and most of the make up brands are man owned , even if there have been exceptions lately with celebrity lines), hair (famous hairdressers), clothes (there are way more male designers than female), as soon as something that is considered as a "female activity" has to be recognized ad an high level, men take over

[blood_pressures]

yes, in the end men profit from everything

[pinstripe_bindi]

That's capitalism. Cooking and brewing beer and making clothes are all "women's work" when it's a mandatory activity done for zero compensation. Add money to it and all of a sudden it's just too complex for women to worry their pretty little heads about.

[evenstarnikki]

holy shit, this truth.

[sandstorm]

Also the early days of computer programming. Mostly women.

[archersangel]

Unless it is in film editing, that's mostly Women. There were Men film editors in the early days of Hollywood, but film splicing was similar to sewing & that's "women's work" so the men got out of the business.
I recommend the documentary The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing that goes into it more.