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Female-dominated Hollywood crafts jobs see gender bias, according to new study

As a Hollywood script supervisor with nearly three decades of experience, Dawn Gilliam has worked on major blockbusters including "Black Panther" and "Star Wars: The Force Awakens." But even with a stellar resume, Gilliam said she still experiences condescension and bias on a regular basis.

Some of the affronts are casual in nature, including being pejoratively called "scripty" on set. "It kind of devalues what the job is," Gilliam said during a break in the Philadelphia shoot of "Creed II." "We sit with the director. Our notes go to the producer. So, no,

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