Ghanaian movie producer, Socrate Sarfo has asserted that women that cry out for "gender equality" in the creative industry don't have their priorities straight explaining that females who constantly complain about the dominance of men in the industry are doing so as a result of their own issues with lack of confidence.

He said that the creative industry is an equal playing field for anyone who has healthy levels of confidence making known that there are no rules or systems designed to deliberately hinder female artistes from thriving in the industry. He said this while addressing the myth that men in the Ghanaian industry always get more opportunities than their female counterparts.

"It’s not about being favored. It’s an open field. All play all.”

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“if you go to MUSIGA and you look at their regulations, their constitution, I am yet to see a line that separates men from women…it’s just one for human beings…,” stressing that he does not believe in women’s rights but human rights.

“I’m yet to see any law under the sun that is against any woman…if you come to our industry, it is an open field…there are female artistes who are paid more than the male artistes,” he added.

“What a man can do, a woman can do better.”

“I think what women are lacking is confidence and that is one thing we must encourage them [about],” he disclosed to MzGee in an interview on Showbiz 927 on 3FM.

The producer, who is also the Director of Creative Arts in charge of Programmes & Projects at the National Commission on Culture, is of the view the women just lack confidence in the industry because of their upbringing. 

"Maybe, from their upbringing…they don’t want to hustle like the men are doing because nobody got wherever he is today [by] having it easy,” he concluded.