Gender Differences In American Theatre

In light of evidence from studies, there is a distinction that declares that top movies in box office include leads which are always a male. Despite it being the 21st century and being claimed the most modernized century, women still do not get recognition for their achievements. Women do an equal amount of work as men but still get paid less. It is easy to notice that the top 5 movies always have a male casted as the lead. In the year 2014, the only movie where the lead was a woman was in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 but even then it was recently discovered that the leading actress, Jennifer Lawrence , got paid significantly less for the same amount of work as her male co-stars. In this society, men are worshipped and this society is
The only thing that is not different is that women still are not equivalent to the way men are treated. “In 1982, the federal government commissioned Rina Fraticelli to write a groundbreaking study, “The Status of Women in the Canadian Theatre,” which concluded that between 1978 and 1981 Canadian women made up 13 percent of theatre directors and 10 percent of playwrights.”(citation) Meaning that there is 87 percent of theatre directors that are male and 90 percent of male playwrights, the saddening part is that women do not make up any close to half of what males do. “Only 12 percent of Canadian theatre companies were under the artistic direction of women. The larger the theatre, the less likely it was to have women in key creative and leadership positions; women were much more likely to head up independent (minimally funded) and children’s companies.” (citation) In addition, there is only 88 percent of canadian theatre companies that are under the direction of male, there is a greater variety of males in theatre than there is women because it is not seen as professional for a women to be in charge. It does not seem like the right thing because women are seen as less commanding, or less to be in charge. The regular stereotypes suggest that women should be under the control of men or are seen as male property. Rina Fraticelli also wrote an article called "The Status of Women in the Canadian Theatre," in this article she talked about women's position and suggested rules and regulations that could be removed to give women more power in the theater industry and the Fraticelli used a lot of her examples to support her statements. The article’s research found that women who are artistic directors, playwrights, or actors are still not able to enjoy total equality in the theatre industry and sometimes work in smaller theaters which usually aren’t funded well