|
The "Power of Women" event hosted by trade magazine Variety
honored Oprah Winfrey, Anna Kendrick, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki
among others. On the red carpet, conversation quickly turned to
the fight for gender equality in Hollywood.
"I feel that women are more united than ever, and I think it's
now more obvious than ever and that people are beginning to show
some support because we are - our demographic - a very strong
economical power also as movie-goers," actress Salma Hayek told
Reuters.
On equal pay, an issue highlighted numerous times in the past
year as more high-profile actresses demanded the same salaries
as their male co-stars, Hayek said it was a problem that went
beyond Hollywood.
"This is a problem that is in every single industry," she said.
"If you have the same capacities and you are doing the same job,
it is criminal not to pay the same salary."Gwyneth Paltrow,
whose $9 million in earnings ranked her 12th on Forbes' list of
highest-paid actresses in Hollywood this year, told Reuters that
women in Hollywood have been criticized for speaking about
disparities in pay.
"You were considered ungrateful, you were considered entitled,
so I think it's amazing that women now are saying 'we're going
to talk about this. This isn't fair,'" she said.
When asked if she could foresee a time when pay will be equal
between the sexes, Paltrow replied: "I think so. When I look at
my daughter and her peers and I look at the millennial women, I
think it's all about to change."
(Editing by Piya Sinha-Roy and Ken Wills)
[© 2015 Thomson Reuters. All rights
reserved.] Copyright 2015 Reuters. All rights reserved. This material may not be published,
broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
|
|
