{"id":117217,"date":"2023-10-31T10:40:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T14:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=117217"},"modified":"2023-11-08T15:34:49","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T19:34:49","slug":"sexism-in-the-entertainment-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/sexism-in-the-entertainment-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Sexism in the Entertainment Industry: Britney Spears&#8217;s Take"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Why is sexism in the entertainment industry such a problem? Are there double standards for men that women wouldn&#8217;t be able to get away with?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In <em>The Woman in Me<\/em>, musician Britney Spears uses her own narrative to point out the favoritism toward men in the entertainment industry. The differing treatments between men and women stand out when it comes to their dating lives, mental health issues, and physical appearances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn what else Spears discovered about the mistreatment of women in an industry where men aren&#8217;t held to such high standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-misogyny-in-the-entertainment-business\"><strong>Misogyny in the Entertainment Business<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A problem Spears ran into during her career is an underlying problem in society as a whole. Misogyny can be found along any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/career-path-development\/\">career path<\/a>, but in show business, its power is shown in stark relief. Spears discusses how the media puts an excessive focus on women\u2019s bodies, how male artists demonize women to advance themselves, and how male performers are allowed to act in ways for which women are often condemned.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spears recalls that from the start of her career, she noticed the sexism in the entertainment industry. The interview questions she received were heavily focused on her appearance, while her male contemporaries were asked about other topics. <strong>Spears was often criticized for appearing <em>too <\/em>sexy while also being chastised for any blemish in her looks<\/strong>. During and after her pregnancy, the press hounded her about whether she\u2019d regain her youthful beauty. All through her life, Spears says that others have treated her body as something they had a right to criticize and control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: The preoccupation with women\u2019s bodies that Spears describes has taken place for longer than modern media has existed. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/app\/book\/ways-of-seeing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Ways of Seeing<\/em><\/a>, John Berger shows how the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/female-objectification\/\">objectification of women<\/a> was prevalent in the last five centuries of European art. In paintings commissioned by wealthy men, <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/ways-of-seeing\/chapter-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">nude women were depicted as passive, alluring subjects of attention<\/a>. These women were \u201cowned\u201d by the men who owned the paintings, and instead of depicting real women\u2019s bodies, these images showed <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/ways-of-seeing\/chapter-3#mystification-of-the-nude\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a fantasy ideal of the women that men wanted to possess<\/a>, not unlike modern-day <a href=\"https:\/\/ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com\/55243853.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">airbrushed pictures of sexualized pop stars<\/a>.)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Putting women down isn\u2019t restricted to the press. Spears writes that she experienced this when Timberlake used a distorted depiction of their romance to increase publicity for his new album, boosting his image by tarnishing hers. Timberlake never mentioned his cheating on Spears, and neither did Federline when he painted Spears as an unfit wife and mother while promoting his debut album. Tellingly, <strong>the press didn\u2019t interrogate the men in Spears\u2019s life about their failings as it often does to women <\/strong>in the same situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: As an example of what Spears\u2019s male counterparts in music\u2019s big leagues get away with, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2010\/11\/01\/groovin-high\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Keith Richards<\/a>\u2019s autobiography <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hachettebookgroup.com\/titles\/keith-richards\/life\/9780316034418\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Life<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em>opens with a story of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/the-Rolling-Stones\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rolling Stones<\/a> being caught possessing drugs in a small, rural town in the southern US. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/11\/18\/us\/18iht-letter.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The police were so enraptured by the Stones<\/a> that the band had time to dispose of their drugs and the charges against them were dropped. Compare this to what Spears recalls about how she was treated for using over-the-counter supplements and medication.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In general, Spears points out that <strong>male performers in the entertainment business are held to a lower standard than women.<\/strong> Even worse, men\u2019s bad behavior is often <em>celebrated<\/em> as part of the \u201csex, drugs, and rock \u2018n roll\u201d lifestyle. Male artists are rarely, if ever, shamed for lewd behavior, drug use, and wild parties\u2014rather, for them such things are status symbols. Further, while some male artists have paid a price for their behavior, none have had their personal freedoms taken away as Spears\u2019s were for anything short of outright criminal actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Misogyny and Music<\/strong><br><br>While Spears writes that some of Timberlake\u2019s and Federline\u2019s lyrics were directed solely at her, <a href=\"https:\/\/midwestgirl.medium.com\/the-lyrical-impact-of-music-58e562fcfbe8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">many lyrics are directed against women in general<\/a>. A study published in 2023 used a <a href=\"https:\/\/hbr.org\/2022\/04\/the-power-of-natural-language-processing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">language processing algorithm<\/a> to analyze nearly 400,000 English-language songs published from 1960-2010. The results showed <a href=\"https:\/\/epjdatascience.springeropen.com\/articles\/10.1140\/epjds\/s13688-023-00384-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a sharp rise in sexist lyrics in popular music beginning in the 1980s<\/a>. When narrowing the data to songs that charted as popular singles in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/hot-100\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Billboard Magazine<\/em><\/a>\u2019s ranking system, over 60% of songs by male artists in 2010 contained sexist lyrics.<br><br>Meanwhile, many female artists have used their success <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grammy.com\/news\/artists-standing-up-for-women-taylor-swift-lizzo-harry-styles-brandi-carlile-pink-madonna-alicia-keys-ariana-grande-list\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">to fight back against sexism in the music industry<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biography.com\/musicians\/taylor-swift\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Taylor Swift<\/a> began writing songs about <a href=\"https:\/\/udreview.com\/feminist-icon-taylor-swift-has-fought-misogyny-her-entire-career\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the sexism she\u2019s had to endure in her career<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/people\/literature-and-arts\/music-popular-and-jazz-biographies\/tori-amos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tori Amos<\/a> turned her popularity in the \u201990s into a platform to support the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rainn.org\/about-rainn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rape, Abuse &amp; Incest National Network<\/a> after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rainn.org\/news\/music-legend-tori-amos-moment-changed-her-life-and-career\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">her personal experience with sexual violence<\/a>. Perhaps the most prominent feminist icon in music, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biography.com\/musicians\/madonna\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Madonna<\/a>, has battled the recording industry\u2019s sexism since the 1980s, often <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2018\/08\/16\/arts\/music\/madonna-birthday-impact.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rewriting the book on how to portray female sexuality in song<\/a>.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why is sexism in the entertainment industry such a problem? Are there double standards for men that women wouldn&#8217;t be able to get away with? In The Woman in Me, musician Britney Spears uses her own narrative to point out the favoritism toward men in the entertainment industry. The differing treatments between men and women stand out when it comes to their dating lives, mental health issues, and physical appearances. Learn what else Spears discovered about the mistreatment of women in an industry where men aren&#8217;t held to such high standards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":73722,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[586,24],"tags":[1321],"class_list":["post-117217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-society","tag-the-woman-in-me","","tg-column-two"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sexism in the Entertainment Industry: Britney Spears&#039;s Take - Shortform Books<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What are things male musicians can get away with, but women can&#039;t? 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