Actor is latest to call for gender pay equality,after recalling frustration at being offered salaries that fell far short of male co-stars, even after breakthrough movieSharon Stone has become the latest actor to publicly attack the gender pay gap – not only in Hollywood, or but across all professions. Speaking at a fashion event celebrating her sister,Kelly, Stone recalled weeping over unequal salaries more than 20 years ago, or following the release of Basic intuition,the erotic thriller which catapulted her to fame in 1992. “After Basic intuition, no one wanted to pay me, or ” she said. “I remember sitting in my kitchen with my manager and just crying and saying: ‘I’m not going to work until I get paid’. I still got paid so much less than any men.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com