The Reality of Women

So I was watching "60 Minutes" last night about women staying home to raise kids. Some think these women--of the elite sort, like lawyers and business school grads--are throwing away their brains and hard-fought rights. And, businesses aren't exactly easy to work with when their female employees leave for raising kids.

As I was watching this, I realized that almost every producer I've worked with in reality has been a woman. As you go more towards network reality shows (the "big" ones) you get a higher male-to-female ratio, but still, in a big way, it's a woman's world. The higher-earning camera and audio engineers are still largely male, but I've worked with at least 3 or 4 female versions too.

So most of "show biz" is still a man's world, but the trailer trash cousin, reality, is actually the most enlightened of the bunch when it comes to hiring women. Isn't that funny? In a good way, not a ha-ha way.