“The reason why they make film equipment so heavy is to keep little girls like you off of set.”
Being a female in the entertainment industry isn't easy — I mean, it took until 2010 for Kathryn Bigelow to become the first (and only) woman to win an Academy Award for directing. As a woman in the industry, it's normal to face sexual harassment, belittling, and the assumption you aren't smart — all on a daily basis. I asked females in entertainment to share stories of sexism they faced on the job. Here's what 11 of them had to say.
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Being a woman on the internet is a very judgmental and scary place sometimes. It seems like so many more people are judging your looks instead of your content. It can be confusing because I get as many "She'd be hot if she stopped trying to be funny" comments as I get "Funny girl, too bad she's a troll." I could deliver the same joke as a man and the comments will all be about how I look. "This video is really great if you watch it on mute." "I was distracted by how fat and ugly she is, was this supposed to be a joke?" And my favorite: "When will girls learn that they aren't funny?" It's really very frustrating when I wear, say, a V-neck shirt and make a video; I get called an attention whore, a slut, and if I'd put on some clothes I wouldn't get any views. If I wear a crew neck I get told to show my boobs and shut up.
The worst part, though, is no matter how many subscribers I gain or what level of success I reach, people always attribute it to my appearance. I was talking with a few male Vine users the other day about our numbers of followers, likes, and views. Mine were substantially higher, and almost simultaneously all three guys said, "Yeah but that's because you're a girl," "God it must be so easy being a girl," and "I wish I had tits." No one accredited it to the fact that I post new content daily, collaborate as much as possible with other content creators, or work hard at what I do. No one acknowledged that fact that the ratio of top male to top female influencers isn't even a question. If I only got a fan base on my looks, why isn't every attractive female in the top Vine users? I'll never complain about people telling me I'm attractive. But I am very tired of people telling me that's the only reason I have what I worked very hard for.
—Gabbie Hanna
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