So are female stars going to do the same. Is Helena Bonham Carter to get the same pay as the much less known Crown costars. Will Angelina Jolie or Meryl Streep demand that their male costars get equal pay, despite their not being nearly as famous/in demand or accomplished?
For that matter, does this mean that female proathletes are going to get the same money as the much more popular male athletes?
And suddenly the movie business goes out trying to pay all the cast the same and either not having any money left or not having any a list thespians willing to take such low pay.
Skimming briefly through the actual article, he does not say that every female cast member be paid the same as him. What he's asking for, I believe, is that all female cast members receive pay equivalent to any male cast member in the same/similar roles they themselves are. So, if there's a female co-lead, she should be paid the same as the male co-lead. If there's a female pizza delivery worker #6, she should get paid the same as male pizza worker #6 should be.
I saw an interview awhile ago involving the star of Grey's Anatomy and how, for the first several seasons or something, she was paid less than her male costars, despite her literally being the face and title character of the show. I believe this is the sort of situation he is meaning to address.
All in all, not a perfect solution, but then again, if everyone were paid on their merit to begin with, men and women, we wouldn't have to talk about this in the first place.
And before 15 people try to explain to me how invalid what I just said was or how unfair it is, I never said I think all women deserve to be paid the same as all men, regardless of contribution, based on the fact they have a vagina. Or that they should be disregarded immediately for that same fact.
Male porn stars will pretty much never make salaries on par with their female counterparts. The demand just isn't there. I wouldn't consider this intentionally sexist any more than male athletes in the NFL making more than female football players. Again, there just isn't a demand for them. It's only when someone who is fully capable of doing the same job, equally well, where gender-demand plays no valid role, that it truly becomes a problem.
Fairness relies on morality in a case by case basis, something reality just doesn't have time for. I'm just saying he sees what he perceives to be an injustice, an opinion not entirely without merit, and he's offering this up as a solution.
It doesn't matter WHY, just that people signal their pro-woman stance. People--EVEN WOMEN--may go to a movie based on the star, but that doesn't matter. Stop trying to inject reality into this line of reasoning. The point is, maybe pizza delivery person #6 has the same impact regardless of gender, but the star or co-stars don't. People will go see Benadryl Cumberbund in greater numbers than most actresses, and if the movie should get a woman with greater prestige or "drawing power," why shouldn't she get more money?
Not that he needs lots more money, he's quite wealthy already
For that matter, does this mean that female proathletes are going to get the same money as the much more popular male athletes?
I saw an interview awhile ago involving the star of Grey's Anatomy and how, for the first several seasons or something, she was paid less than her male costars, despite her literally being the face and title character of the show. I believe this is the sort of situation he is meaning to address.
All in all, not a perfect solution, but then again, if everyone were paid on their merit to begin with, men and women, we wouldn't have to talk about this in the first place.
Male porn stars will pretty much never make salaries on par with their female counterparts. The demand just isn't there. I wouldn't consider this intentionally sexist any more than male athletes in the NFL making more than female football players. Again, there just isn't a demand for them. It's only when someone who is fully capable of doing the same job, equally well, where gender-demand plays no valid role, that it truly becomes a problem.
Fairness relies on morality in a case by case basis, something reality just doesn't have time for. I'm just saying he sees what he perceives to be an injustice, an opinion not entirely without merit, and he's offering this up as a solution.