Voices
The easiest place to see discrimination is our incomes. Modeling is one of the few professions
where women actually out-earn
men. And across all jobs, studies have found that more attractive women earn more. A woman’s
value is too often skin-deep. In
2004, a study found that resumes
with very African-Americansounding names were 50 percent
less likely to get called for an initial interview. And racial bias in
salaries is overwhelming. While
white women make an average of
78 cents for every man’s dollar,
for African-American women that
number drops to 62 cents, and for
Hispanic women to 54 cents.
Unfortunately, the industry with
the most potential to change this
reality is also a site where women
have little access. In the media,
where we can powerfully perpetuate as well as undermine damag-
CAMERON
RUSSELL
HUFFINGTON
05.19.13
Women are not crazy
for wanting to have a
discussion about body
image. And the conversation
isn’t as superficial as the
one Dove keeps encouraging
us to have.”
ing stereotypes, both coverage and
employment are hard to come by.
Physical appearance plays an
enormous role in who gets seen.
When women and other marginalized groups do get access to the
media, they often have to fit into a
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