'Jennifer Lawrence: "I'm fed
up with having to negotiate for same wages as male Hollywood stars"'
Don’t call me stereotypical, but the first thing that caught
my attention in this article was the headlines huge famous name drop- Jennifer
Lawrence. I pride myself in being different, not conforming to societies need
for the admiration of popular celebrities, but I’d be lying if I said that I was
completely oblivious to the names and statuses of these idols. I’m not a real
watcher of popular movies, however I had to succumb to the pressure and force
myself to watch ‘the hunger games’ and form my opinion on what everyone just
simply couldn’t stop talking about. At first glance at such a popular name, I
rolled my eyes making the assumption that it was probably going to be something
pointless like boy drama etc., however I was shocked as I read on that it was leading
to the controversial topic of feminism.
The headline was clever I must say, as it catches the
attention of all sorts of people. Some will become interested at the mention of
a celebrity, but others (like me) will be drawn in by the talk of something
that has been socially debated throughout history. I was definitely shocked to
realise that not all celebrities’ brains are focused on fame, money and
relationships and found myself respecting the angle to which Jennifer Lawrence
was coming from. This article informs us that even female celebrities have
gender struggles, and that just because you’re well known throughout the world
does not mean you can shake off the inequalities between men and women.
I have been studying the topic of feminism and gender
differences in my sociology lessons, which is also why I believe I have engaged
with this article. Feminism and inequality is such an interesting subject, and
by linking it with a well-known actor this article will help more people become
aware of this aggravating problem. Being a female myself, I completely agree
with Jennifer Lawrence’s outrage at being treated as of less importance than
her male co-workers. This article entertains the reader by challenging the
professional worlds decisions to give less money to females, and gets the
reader(whether they are male or female) to really think and try to understand
where all of this has stemmed from. Why do women earn less money? It can’t be
that they do less important work, or that they don’t work as hard as men
surely? Rhetorical questions like these will be playing through the readers
head continuously throughout this article, and will help let people form their
own opinions on the topic of feminism and the problems women face today.
The writer forms negative associations with women and lexis
like ‘difficult’, and ‘spoiled’. This pushes the idea that women are actually
treated differently to men, and sometimes in a derogatory way. In a way this
article questions societies assumptions on women, as later on it discusses how
Lawrence is ‘over trying to find the ‘adorable’ way to state her opinion and
still be like-able’ and talks about how she had made a stand and fought back for
women’s rights, when she ‘spoke her mind and gave her opinion in a clear way;
no aggression, just blunt’ to a man she worked with, and was treated as if she
had said something offensive. She talked about how if a man does it he is
respected, and not judged, and by using these anecdotes the reader starts to
try and empathise with the star.
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