Amy Schumer has a theory about the inherent inequality of women in show business: “I think people hate women.”
For the magazine’s June 5 issue, THR sat down with Schumer, Lena Dunham, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt‘s Ellie Kemper, Jane the Virgin‘s Gina Rodriguez, Black-ish‘s Tracee Ellis Ross and Saturday Night Live‘s Kate McKinnon to discuss the struggles of being a woman in entertainment and the sexism they’ve encountered throughout their careers.
Among other topics of conversation (bad gigs and Hillary Clinton), the women share their experiences receiving degrading comments, as well as having their talent and hard work overshadowed by their appearance. Schumer, 33, even dedicated an entire episode of her show to a parody of 12 Angry Men in which the men debate whether she’s hot enough to be on TV, which Dunham says is “the most important thing that’s happened on TV in a long time.”
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