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When actors receive their Academy Award – known as the Oscar – they often thank their producer, director, family members and even their agent. Last February, Patricia Arquette won the Best Supporting Actress award for her role in the film “Boyhood.” She used her moment on stage to call attention to pay inequality in Hollywood. "… it is our time to have wage equality once and for all, and equal rights for women in the United States of America.” Arquette was talking about a socio-political issue in America. For every dollar a man earns, women are paid around 77 cents. This issue is called the gender pay gap. Forbes magazine listed how much Hollywood actresses earn every year. The magazine named actress Jennifer Lawrence as the top-paid actress. She earned $52 million in 2015. Scarlett Johannson came in second at $35.5 million. The Forbes list included international stars. Chinese actress Bingbing Fan came in fourth with $21 million in earnings.
* best supporting actress award = 여우조연상/ call attention to ~ = ~에 주의를 환기시키다/ pay inequality = 급여[보수] 불평등[불균등]/ wage equality = 동등한 임금/ once and for all = 마지막으로 한 번만 더; 최종적으로[완전히]/ socio-political = 사회 정치적인/ gender pay gap = 성별 임금 격차/ come in = (경주에서 몇 위로) 들어오다
There is no question about the wealth of these actresses. But the question is: Should they be richer? According to Forbes, only four actresses earned more than $20 million. Twenty-one actors, on the other hand, made at least that much. Overall, top actors like Robert Downey, Jr. and Jackie Chan earn hundreds of millions of dollars more than Hollywood’s top actresses. This isn’t a problem only in the movie business. It tends to be an issue throughout the workforce. The American Association of University Women studied the pay gap earlier this year. The organization used the American Community Survey. The survey asks questions about the cost of living in the United States. The most recent data from the survey came out in 2014. It showed men earn about 21-percent more than women in all industries.
* wealth = 부, 재산/ overall = 종합[전반]적으로/ tend to be ~ = ~인 경향이 있다/ workforce = (한 국가・지역 내의) 노동 인구[노동력]/ cost of living = 생활비
