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Salma Hayek just nailed the reality of sexism in Hollywood 

During a United Nations Women panel hosted by Variety magazine at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday, actress Salma Hayek and several other influential female figures discussed a variety of issues around sexism in media. Hayek’s quote not only captures the relentless problem of pay inequity, but also the source of it.

“During a United Nations Women panel hosted by Variety magazine at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday, actress Salma Hayek and several other influential female figures discussed a variety of issues around sexism in media. In addressing Hollywood’s well-documented gender pay gap, Hayek had a biting line that put the issue into stark perspective.

“The only kind of movie where women make more than men is the porno industry,” Hayek boldly stated, according to the Independent.

This quote not only captures the relentless problem of pay inequity, but also the source of it: When women are objectified and reduced to a male fantasy, they are literally valued more.”