Another Part of Hollywood Where Women Are a Minority: Lighting

Gender roles are not as rigid as they used to be, but Sachs, now 56, says that women still tend to be timid when it comes to using tools and doing physically demanding work. “It boils down to confidence,” she says. “It’s not that we’re not capable.” This might help explain why even now, there are only 74 women who belong to IASTEC 728, the Hollywood set lighting union, which has 2470 members altogether.  Read more.