The Feds are now investigating gender discrimination and Hollywood.
The U.S. EEOC and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs are now investigating unfair gender-based hiring practices in Hollywood. The ACLU submitted a request for an investigation last summer, according to reports, to discover “whether gender discrimination is responsible for the dearth of female directors in the entertainment industry.”
Studies have shown time and time again that woman filmmakers are not given equal opportunities as their male counterparts in Hollywood.
The U.S. EEOC and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs will meet with various directors and Hollywood executives, according to ACLU attorney Melissa Goodman.
She hopes the effort will lead to charges against producers and others who fail to hire women directors.
Goodman noted, however, that federal investigators are not bound by any timeline and are not obligated to reveal any results or take any action on their findings.
“We’re very encouraged by how seriously the government has taken this,” says Goodman. “Our hope is that they’ll push industry leaders to address the ongoing violations of civil rights women directors in the industry have experienced and are experiencing.”
We will have to wait and see if this actually changes the gender landscape in Hollywood, especially when it is nearly impossible for female filmmakers to land directing jobs in the male-dominated industry.
Via TPM
