The ridiculous pay gap between female and male fashion handbag models
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The ridiculous pay gap between female and male fashion handbag models
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Existing for centuries, gender inequality is a persistent issue, with women most commonly fighting oppression. You might be surprised to hear that in the modeling industry things are quite the opposite.
In fact, male models are paid a lot less than their female unterparts, even if they are hired for the exact same job.
Let’s look at the two top male and female models of 2016, as an example: David Gandy eared $5 million and Gisele Bundchen earned $30 million in the same year.
It’s not just the major high-earning models that have discrepancies. Elizabeth Rose, the men’s director of premier model management, was quoted recounting a day where a male model was offered $1,900, and a female model $6,300, for the same job.
Ultimately t may boil down to sales. Advertisers make more money selling to women who spend more money on female handbag and therefore are more willing to invest in talent. The opportunity for men bags to reach supermodel status is greatly reduced when the advertising budget is not available.
Meanwhile, the career path of male models are much longer, as looking youthful is not very important for male models. Mature and even aged male models still have many chances to reach success.