...besides all those stories about a predatory Hollywood director.
"Women in states around the country described boy’s club atmospheres, in which casually made inappropriate comments are dismissed as jokes and where even more serious misbehavior goes ignored."
http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/356427-in-state-capitols-women-see-rampant-sexual-harassment
"'I cannot think of any other industry that has such a wage gap, really. Depending on country context and sport, a man can be billionaire and a woman [in the same discipline] cannot even get a minimum salary,' says Beatrice Frey, sport partnership manager at UN Women."
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-41685042
"How female characters describe their own appearance is often completely irritating, as though women spend their days reflecting on the exact shade of arable crop their hair can be likened to – is it flaxen, or more like corn? – rather than something a little more real – did I remember to brush it this morning? Just because men seem so often hyperaware of women’s bodies doesn’t mean that we exist in a complementary state of constant self-consciousness."
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/oct/23/tom-hanks-writing-how-men-write-women-uncommon-type
It's not great...
Or, maybe it is because it shows that some women, instead of sucking up to unhealthy immature men with flimsy illusory power for the money, expect to be treated a whole lot better.
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