Collectif: Women in Hollywood, The Ongoing Fight For Equality
INTRODUCTION
The purpose of this report is to investigate why progress for women in Hollywood has been so slow despite gender justice advocates pushing for reform both inside and outside the industry for more than half a century. We begin this report by addressing the question of why gender equity matters. This is followed by an assessment of women’s status in key decision-making roles in film and television. In the third section, we address two major obstacles to women’s advancement in the industry: gender discrimination and sexual harassment. We conclude with a discussion of what we can do to effectively reform the industry. After a half-century of research and activism, Hollywood is ripe for reform. Today, activists are addressing gender discrimination, gender and race disparities in representation, training a new generation of female leaders and leaders of color in the industry, and harnessing consumer pressure to demand change in the industry.