Can Jennifer Lawrence jumpstart Hollywood wage gap conversation?
Actress Jennifer Lawrence has spoken out against wage inequality in the film business.
Actress Jennifer Lawrence has spoken out against wage inequality in the film business.
She's currently the world鈥檚 best-paid actresses but Jennifer Lawrence says she has experienced Hollywood's much discussed gender wage discrepancy.
The actress has revealed that she's a target for discrimination when it comes to her paycheck. 聽
In an essay written for Lena Dunham鈥檚 鈥淟enny Letter鈥� newsletter, the "Joy" actress shared her thoughts on finding out that she made much less than her male counterparts in "American Hustle." Ms. Lawrence聽learned of this fact in emails leaked during last year鈥檚 Sony Pictures hack.
"It's hard for me to speak about my experience as a working woman because I can safely say my problems aren't exactly relatable. When the Sony hack happened and I found out how much less I was being paid than the lucky people ... I didn't get mad at Sony. I got mad at myself," Lawrence explained.
She added: "I failed as a negotiator because I gave up early. I didn't want to keep fighting over millions of dollars that, frankly, due to two franchises, I don't need. (I told you it wasn't relatable, don't hate me)."
Earlier this year, the American Civil Liberties Union requested an investigation into gender discrimination in Hollywood. However, the difference between women and men's pay persists beyond Hollywood.
The US Labor Department, which holds聽a National Equal Pay Day each year聽to bring attention to pay inequity, says full-time working women earn 77 percent of what their male counterparts earn.
In a bid to combat the聽gender pay gap, last week, California passed legislation that protects workers from discrimination and retaliation if they ask questions about how much other people earn.
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Forbes recently reported that Lawrence made $52 million in 2015. In her candid essay,聽Lawrence explained that there was a reason why she didn't ask for more money. "I didn't want to seem 'difficult' or 'spoiled,'" she said. "That seemed like a fine idea, until I saw the payroll on the Internet and realized every man I was working with definitely didn't worry about being 'difficult' or 'spoiled.'"