Bella Ramsey Says ‘It’s Important’ to Keep Gendered Awards for Best Actor and Actress: ‘Recognition for Women in the Industry’ Must Be ‘Preserved’
Bella Ramsey Defends Gendered Awards
No idea about the context of this, and I refuse to read the article. The title strikes me as implying women wouldn't be able to win awards if the categories were unisex, which I don't agree with.
You assume an objective judgement; "if you're good, you'll succeed" (which goes straight into "see? they didn't win, that means they didn't deserve it"). The problem isn't that women aren't able to win, the problem is that the people in charge will just stop nominating women, let alone name them the winner. All of these people, in every field, everywhere, at the top, who do not have women among them, they do not care. There is money in not caring. They were not raised to care, and they raise no one to care. You have to force them.
I understand that, but I would counter:
We already know there's bias, and we already know the winner isn't always the one that deserves it. It's not just men and women categories - foreign films, animated films being the most noticable victims after gender. This is true for any award ceremony, sometimes it's more obvious that it's a PR stunt or a popularity contest more than actual recognition of the value of somebody's work. And no, the bias does not get addressed, even when we know it's there. At some point, a lot of viewers just assume that the ones that didn't win didn't deserve it, and the show moves on, because no one cares enough.
The "Ensors", awards for the Flemish audiovisual sector introduced gender neutral awards last year.
Surprise, all awards went to men.
There's a huge inequality within the sector already, it's not surprising that that reflects in the awards given. It's the same as being surprised that the CEO of the year awards yet again goes to a rich white guy.
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