The Top 10 Excuses for Not Hiring a Woman Director (That I Imagine Executives Think...)

How do executives think? Who knows. 'Tis a mystery. But, with more women than men graduating film school these days, there has to be some reason why women are still such a minority in the world of feature film directors. The Top 10 Excuses for Not Hiring a Woman Director (That I Imagine Executives Think...):

10) We probably need extra insurance for her women things. Does our policy cover boobs?

9) Can women even have jobs?

8) Doesn't she have children to take care of? Who is taking care of her children?

7) How can the crew be expected to listen to her and look at her boobs?

6) You get what you pay for, and there's no way we can pay a woman as much as a man.

5) She will distract the crew with her womanly ways. All women try to seduce all men, right?

4) How can the actors hear what she's saying and look at her boobs?

3) Her husband will probably want her home in time to cook dinner. That will make our shooting days much too short.

2) What if she gets her "time of the month" during the shoot? Everything will fall apart!

1) Seriously. Boobs. They're a safety hazard.