MILA KUNIS IS A VERY SUCCESSFUL ACTRESS IN HOLLYWOOD.
RECENTLY SHE PENNED A PIECE ABOUT HOW SHE HAS EXPERIENCED
SOME SIGNIFICANT DISCRIMINATION WITHIN THE HOLLYWOOD INDUSTRY.
A LOT OF FEMALE ACTRESSES HAVE COME FORWARD CLAIMING SIMILAR
THINGS, BUT MILA WAS SPECIFIC ABOUT WHAT SHE HAS EXPERIENCED.
SHE ALLEGES THAT A HOLLYWOOD PRODUCER HAD PUSHED HER TO
POSE SEMI NUDE IN A MAGAZINE.
SHE SAID NO, AND THE PRODUCER TOLD HER SHE WILL NEVER WORK
IN THIS TOWN AGAIN.
THAT WAS ONE OF MANY EXPERIENCES SHE HAD AND SHE FELT THAT SHE
SHOULD SPEAK OUT.
LET ME READ YOU SOME SNIPPETS OF HER PEACE, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND
YOU READ THE THING WHICH IS A PLUS, ASHTON KUTCHER'S BLOG.
>> WHEN I WAS GROWING UP I DID NOT KNOW THAT.
I DIDN'T KNOW WOMEN FELT THAT WAY BECAUSE IT IS NOT MY
PERSPECTIVE.
IT IS A PRESSURE THEY HAVE SO MUCH.
YOU BETTER DO WHAT WE TELL YOU TO DO IF NOT YOU ARE THE BITCH.
THAT CREATES TREMENDOUS PRESSURE ON THEM.
EVEN MORE SO WHEN YOU ARE PRESSURED TO DO SOMETHING THAT
MAKES YOU UNCOMFORTABLE.
AS SHE POINTS OUT LATER IN THE BLOG, THE MOVIE DID GREAT EVEN
THOUGH SHE DIDN'T DO THOSE PICTURES.
IT IS JUST A GUY THINKING THAT IS WHAT WORKS.
IT IS A HARD THING TO BREAK OUT OF.
NOW SHE IS MORE POWERFUL AND HAS LEVERAGE TO BE ABLE TO DO IT.
EVEN BACK THEN SHE SAID IT TOOK A LOT OF COURAGE BECAUSE YOU ARE
GENERALLY WORRIED THAT YOU MIGHT NOT WORK IN THIS TOWN AGAIN.
>> BEING AGREEABLE IS SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY PUSH ON WOMEN.
YOU SEE IT IN EVERY WORK ENVIRONMENT.
MEN WILL DISAGREE, THEY WILL COME FORWARD AND SAY I DON'T
WANT TO DO THAT.
FROM WHAT I HAVE EXPERIENCED THEY ARE RESPECTED FOR THAT
WHEREAS WOMEN ARE REFERRED TO AS BOSSY WHICH IS THE TAMEST THING.
DIFFERENT WOMEN HANDLE IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
MY IDEA OF DEALING WITH IT WAS JUST OWNING IT.
YEAH, I AM A BITCH, YEAH?
I AM A BITCH BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT I WANT AND I'M GOING TO PUSH
FOR WHAT I WANT.
IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT THEN FUCK YOU.
IT IS EASY FOR ME TO SAY THAT IN AN OPEN ENVIRONMENT FOR ME
HERE AT TYT.
BEING ASSERTIVE I THINK IS REWARDED HERE.
IS EASY FOR ME TO SAY THAT IN THIS ENVIRONMENT.
I KNOW A LOT OF WOMEN DON'T HAVE THAT LUXURY.
IF YOU ARE A WOMAN AND YOU ARE ASSERTIVE AND YOU LIKE THE WAY
YOU ARE, DON'T CHANGE BECAUSE YOU FEEL PRESSURED TO CHANGE.
IF YOU ARE REFERRED TO AS A BITCH, OWN IT.
>> UNDERSTAND IT AS A PRESSURE TACTIC.
YOU CALL ME THAT WORD, BECAUSE YOU ARE A DICK.
EASY FOR US TO SAY.
OUR MOTTO IS TOO STRONG.
EASY FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE ALREADY IN A POSITION OF POWER TO SAY.
BUT THERE IS A LOT OF MONEY ON THE LINE IN HOLLYWOOD.
YOU REALLY WANT THAT NEXT JOB.
IT IS SO FICKLE AND YOUR CAREER CAN DISAPPEAR QUICKLY.
WHENEVER YOU ARE IN A SITUATION LIKE THAT WHERE THERE IS
DISPROPORTIONATE POWER, YOU ARE GOING TO GET ABUSE.
WHETHER IT'S THE POLICE IN THIS COUNTRY, OR THE OLD HOLLYWOOD
SYSTEM WHERE ñ LOOK AT WHAT ROGER AILES STATED BACK WHEN
HE WORKED FOR A TELEVISION TALKSHOW.
THERE HE WOULD HAVE WOMEN LINED UP AUDITIONING FOR A SHOW.
HE WOULD SAY HE WOULD HAVE TO SLEEP WITH ME, OR YOUR CAREER
IS OVER.
UNDER THAT KIND OF INTENSE PRESSURE, YOU NEED PEOPLE LIKE
MILA WHO MADE IT TO THEN HAVE YOUR BACK.
>>SHE'S BEING SPECIFIC ABOUT WHAT SHE WENT THROUGH.
I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING THE
TYPE OF GENDER BIAS THAT TAKES PLACE IN VARIOUS WORK
ENVIRONMENTS BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE SPECIFIC EXAMPLES.
A PRODUCER BASICALLY DEMEANED HER BECAUSE SHE REFUSED TO GET
NAKED FOR HIM.
IF THAT IS NOT A SEXIST ENVIRONMENT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT
IS.
>> SHE CALLS OUT SMALLER ISSUES AS WELL.
I KNOW IT IS IN THE CONTEXT OF A PHOTO SHOOT, STILL VERY
UNCOMFORTABLE.
THERE WAS AN EMAIL THAT ANOTHER PRODUCER SENT.
SHE DID NOT APPRECIATE THAT EMAIL.
SHE SAID I GET YOU DIDN'T MEAN HARM BY IT, AND YOU DIDN'T
KNOW THAT YOU ARE REINFORCING STEREOTYPES BUT I'M TELLING
YOU BECAUSE IT MAKES ME UNCOMFORTABLE.
SO I AM HELPING YOU BY LETTING YOU KNOW THAT WHEN YOU SAY
THAT I HAVE VALUE BECAUSE OF MY HUSBAND OR THE KID I AM GOING
TO HAVE WITH MY HUSBAND, IT FEELS LIKE YOU ARE DEVALUING ME.
EVEN IF YOU DIDN'T MEAN HARM BY IT, IT PUTS US DOWN IN A WAY
THAT YOU DON'T EXPECT.
>>ABSOLUTELY.
I THINK THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN IGNORANCE.
I DON'T THINK THAT PERSON HAD BAD INTENTIONS WHATSOEVER.
A DIALOGUE
IS IMPORTANT.
>> BY THE WAY, THAT DEAL WAS ABOUT THAT PRODUCTION COMPANY.
WHAT DOES ASHTON OR MY KID HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS?
OF COURSE I LIKE THAT SHE BROUGHT THIS UP.
AND SHE DIDN'T THROW ANYONE UNDER THE BUS.
I THINK THIS IS PARTLY BECAUSE OF WHAT IS GOING ON WITH AILES
AND TRUMP AND COSBY.
WOMEN HAVE HAD ENOUGH.
IT IS A NEW DAY IN AMERICA IF YOU ARE ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO
DON'T LIKE WOMEN HAVING POWER, OR THE SAME AMOUNT OF POWER AS
YOU.
SAD DAY FOR YOU.
BUT FOR THE REST OF US THAT IS A GREAT DAY IN AMERICA.