“For girls and women, storytelling has a double and triple importance. Because the stories of our lives have been marginalized and ignored by history, and often dismissed and treated as 'gossip' within our own cultures and families, female human beings are more likely to be discouraged from telling our stories and from listening to each other with seriousness.” HumansHas BeensStoriesCultureGirlHuman BeingsHistoryOur LivesListeningFemaleImportanceTreatedStorytellingGossipIgnoredDiscouragedSeriousnessMarginalized Author:Gloria Steinem
“I am blessed to live and work in [France,] a country where women filmmakers are by and large not unfairly treated. So I wouldn't have much to contribute regarding issues faced as a female director.” CountryIssuesDirectorsFemaleBlessedTreatedFranceFilmmaker Author:Anne Fontaine
“It is not as common as female/male prostitution, but yes my friends and I had female clients. But this is a request that most girls are not willing to do. No, we never saw it as anything different, because if ladies were paying for an escort, they were still considered our clients, and they were treated as such.” IfsStillsDifferentGirlCommonSawsWillingMy FriendsFemaleMalesTreatedClientsRequestProstitution Author:Annie Lobert
“I find that as a female boss in the music industry, it's difficult to actually be treated as if you actually are the boss and to have people act on your instructions and take you seriously. Like you call up people who are working for you and say, "I'd like to see such-and-such document," and they tell you that you don't need it. Then you have to spend time convincing them that it doesn't matter whether they think you need it or not, they're supposed to hand it to you.” PeopleIfsThinkingNeedsMatterHandsDifficultLike YouIndustryFemaleTreatedBossInstructionDocumentsEnd TimesConvincingSpend TimeMusic Industry Author:Sinead O'Connor
“The music business is a place where the artists are all treated like we're working for the people who are working for us. That can obviously be exaggerated when you're a female.” PeopleArtistFemaleTreatedMusic BusinessExaggerated Author:Sinead O'Connor
“I never realized that as a woman I would be looked at as less than until I was pretty deep in this business and realized, 'Oh my God. I'm being treated this way because I'm female.” WayWould BeFemaleTreated Author:Sandra Bullock
“I exist in the zine/small press community, which has always felt more even keel to me, when it comes to creators of varied gender backgrounds. But I also think that there is something to be said about the fact that even though I am female, I present closer to male in my way of dress and attitude/confidence/outspokeness, so I am treated differently by my male counterparts in a positive way.” ThinkingWaySaidFactsFeltCommunityAttitudeFemaleDressesPressesMalesCreatorGenderBackgroundsTreatedMy WayCounterpartsKeelZines Author:Liz Prince