10 Things Hollywood Could Learn From The Adult Movie Industry

Speaking at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2015, Salma Hayek said: “The only kind of film where women make more money than men is porn. It’s not funny.”

Pay disparity between men and women is by no means particular to Hollywood. In 2011, Forbes claimed women earned 81 cents for every dollar earned by men, up from 76 cents in 2000. Assuming that trend continues, women will eventually achieve pay equality with men circa 2050.

Unless, that is, they’re willing to lose their inhibitions and perform in hetero porn. For a single scene, which typically takes a few hours to shoot (although the performer might stand around waiting for most of the time), a woman could earn as much as $1000, more than double her male counterpart.

The rationale is simple: the men are merely props, hired for their ability to perform on cue, while the female performer is the true ‘star.’