“Too often, I see shows in which certain people are allowed to challenge, but others are not. On sets, I’ve seen male actors ask questions, which the showrunner spends a lot of time answering. If an actress asks the same question, people will often say, ‘Why can’t she just hit the mark and say the line? Why are we wasting time answering these questions?’ So the woman is not afforded the same process as the man. Those actresses are then afraid to ask questions, the material suffers, and it affects the crew, because they see it as well. So now you have the women on your crew afraid to speak up, bring forward issues, make positive suggestions. So you shut down voices by not allowing everybody the same opportunity to ask questions.”