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Gender: Mass Media

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Across 1,135 content creators...4.5% are directors. 21.1% are producers  Source: “Inequality in 1,200 Popular Films: Examining Portrayals of Gender, Race/Ethnicity, LGBT & Disability from 2007 to 2018,” Dr. Stacy L. Smith, Marc Choueiti, Dr. Katherine Pieper, Kevin Yao, Ariana Case & Angel Choi; Annenberg Inclusion Initiative
Source: Statista, 2020
Your chances of seeing a film by a woman in cinemas is about 1 in 10. Think there's something wrong with that?    Source:  Women Make Movies    [click on this image to find a short video which flips male dominated cinema on its head by replacing male actors with female actors in a popular scene from J.J. Abrams' Star Trek]

Gender: Producers & Directors

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Across 1,135 content creators...14.4% are writers. 2.8% are composers.  Source: “Inequality in 1,200 Popular Films: Examining Portrayals of Gender, Race/Ethnicity, LGBT & Disability from 2007 to 2018,” Dr. Stacy L. Smith, Marc Choueiti, Dr. Katherine Pieper, Kevin Yao, Ariana Case & Angel Choi; Annenberg Inclusion Initiative
"Animation Roundtable: Seth Rogen and 6 More on Avoiding Ethnic Stereotypes and How to 'Break the Mold' of Princesses"  (Alternative headline) Confronting the Racist and Sexist Reasons We Assumed a Panel of 7 White Men Were True Experts on Diversity
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Gender: Writers (Film & Television)

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Forget "strong female character." Aim for: "Women or girl with agency." One who makes decisions, affects the story, pushes the plot.  ~ @ChuckWendig
(2 of 3) Diversity in Film 2014 - Does Art Really Imitate Life?  However, women are increasingly underrepresented in film, compared to a decade ago.  --52% of starring roles in 2004 were women --36% of starring roles in 2014 were women

Gender: On-screen Protagonists

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(1 of 6) An Investigation of Female Characters in Popular Films across 11 Countries  Source: Dr. Stacy L. Smith, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
Men speak most in best picture winning films - Proportion of words spoken by characters with more than 100 words  Source: Hanah Anderson, The Pudding / BBC
(1 of 9) How Women Are Portrayed on Screen in the Top 500 Films  1. 30.8% of speaking characters are women. 2. 28.8% of women wore sexually revealing clothes, as opposed to 7.0% of men. 3. 26.2$ of women actors get partially naked, while 9.4% of men do. 4. 10.7% of movies featured a balanced cast where half of the characters are female... [click on this image to find a short video and analysis of sexual objectification in the media] Sources on slide 9.

Gender: On-screen Speaking & Dialogue

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Picking a movie...Hmmm, do I feel like watching something a man wrote about men, or something a man wrote about his mangled perception of women?  Artist: Naoise Dolan
This scantily clad female character is clearly just meant to be eye candy for men...  But am I slut shaming in thinking she shoud be more covered up?  Artist: Alyssa Korea

Gender: Archetypes & Tropes

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Gender: News Media

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Source: Construction News
"...they're the menus at a real swinging steakhouse. Steak, crab, legs, terriyaki, great drinks, fabulous desserts. Artichokes...yep! and more fun than anywhere. Free parking!," c. 1970s.  Based on more than 10 years of research, social scientists know that sexual objectification is measurably harmful. The more ads such as this one succeed in getting women to think of themselves as sex objects, the higher the rate of depression.  Source: "This Week," St. Louis
An interesting intertext to consider J. Howard Miller’s "Rosie The Riveter – We Can Do It!" poster for the War Production Co-Ordinating Committee. While the iconic image of Rosie the Riveter challenges the stereotypical view of women as confined to the domestic sphere, this similiar looking ad for Tide appears to be reinforcing the connection between women and domesticity.

Gender: Print Media

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An analysis of all the videogame protagonists shown at E3 between 2015 and 2019  Source: Feminist Frequency
An analysis of all the videogame protagonists shown at E3 in 2019  Source: Feminist Frequency
Gender Breakdown of Games Featured at E3 2018  Feminist Frequency recorded gender of player characters in every game showcased at the EA, Microsoft, Square Enix, Ubisoft, Sony, Bethesda, PC Gaming, and Nintendo Direct events  Source: Feminist Frequency / Carolyn Petit and Anita Sarkeesian

Gender: Video Games

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Source: Critical Media Project
Source: Lee & Low Books
Source: Lee & Low Books

Gender: Awards

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Advertisers must convince young women that they are in need of constant improvement...without threatening young women’s views of themselves as intelligent, self-directed, and equal. Buzz words like “empowerment,” “self-determination,” and “independence” are sprinkled liberally across their pages.... ~ Amanda M. Gengler, "Selling Feminism, Consuming Femininity" Feminist Agenda, Self Determination, Intersectionality, Social Work, Thought Provoking, Wisdom Quotes, Need This, True Stories, Equality
Advertisers must convince young women that they are in need of constant improvement...
Advertisers must convince young women that they are in need of constant improvement...without threatening young women’s views of themselves as intelligent, self-directed, and equal. Buzz words like “empowerment,” “self-determination,” and “independence” are sprinkled liberally across their pages.... ~ Amanda M. Gengler, "Selling Feminism, Consuming Femininity"
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Women of Color & The Top 500 Films
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Divided: The Media Gender Gap (2014)
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Divided 2015: The Media Gender Gap
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Source: Women's Media Center, 2015
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Writing Rape: WMC Study Finds Crucial Gap in Coverage by Gender
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Source: Construction News Funny Vintage Ads, Funny Ads, Vintage Humor, Vintage Posters, Hilarious, Weird Vintage, Old Advertisements, Retro Advertising, Retro Ads
"She's built like all our products... Heavy where she has to take the strain."
Source: Construction News
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Male journalists continue to report most news, especially for wires and TV prime-time evening broadcasts.  - 69% of news wire bylines (AP and Reuters) are snagged by men �– by far the biggest gender gap in news media; 31% by women. - 63% of TV prime-time news broadcasts, feature male anchors and correspondents; 37% are women. - 60% of online news is written by men; 40% by women. - 59% of print news is written by men; 41% by women... Source: Women's Media Center Internet Wire, Time News, Prime Time, News Media, Image Boards, Anchors
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Male journalists continue to report most news, especially for wires and TV prime-time evening broadcasts. - 69% of news wire bylines (AP and Reuters) are snagged by men – by far the biggest gender gap in news media; 31% by women. - 63% of TV prime-time news broadcasts, feature male anchors and correspondents; 37% are women. - 60% of online news is written by men; 40% by women. - 59% of print news is written by men; 41% by women... Source: Women's Media Center
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Picking a movie...Hmmm, do I feel like watching something a man wrote about men, or something a man wrote about his mangled perception of women?  Artist: Naoise Dolan Smash The Patriarchy, Intersectional Feminism, Gender Equality, Struggle Is Real, Awkward Moments, Mental Health
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Picking a movie...Hmmm, do I feel like watching something a man wrote about men, or something a man wrote about his mangled perception of women? Artist: Naoise Dolan
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"...they're the menus at a real swinging steakhouse. Steak, crab, legs, terriyaki, great drinks, fabulous desserts. Artichokes...yep! and more fun than anywhere. Free parking!," c. 1970s.  Based on more than 10 years of research, social scientists know that sexual objectification is measurably harmful. The more ads such as this one succeed in getting women to think of themselves as sex objects, the higher the rate of depression.  Source: "This Week," St. Louis Adverts, Retro Food, Vintage Signs
"Now there's a nice pair of jugs"
"...they're the menus at a real swinging steakhouse. Steak, crab, legs, terriyaki, great drinks, fabulous desserts. Artichokes...yep! and more fun than anywhere. Free parking!," c. 1970s. Based on more than 10 years of research, social scientists know that sexual objectification is measurably harmful. The more ads such as this one succeed in getting women to think of themselves as sex objects, the higher the rate of depression. Source: "This Week," St. Louis
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Source: Women's Media Center (WMC) and BBC America's Study on Female Representation in the Sci-Fi/Superhero Genre (2018). Female Role Models, Bbc America, Strong Character, Tv Girls, Enough Is Enough, Female Characters, Genres, Something To Do
Girls say there are #NotEnough female role models or strong, relatable female characters in film &TV
Source: Women's Media Center (WMC) and BBC America's Study on Female Representation in the Sci-Fi/Superhero Genre (2018).
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Source: Critical Media Project Oscar Academy, Data Journalism, Long Reads, Recent Movies, Demographics, Wall Street Journal, Members, Oscars, Projects
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Source: Critical Media Project
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An interesting intertext to consider J. Howard Miller’s "Rosie The Riveter – We Can Do It!" poster for the War Production Co-Ordinating Committee. While the iconic image of Rosie the Riveter challenges the stereotypical view of women as confined to the domestic sphere, this similiar looking ad for Tide appears to be reinforcing the connection between women and domesticity. 1950s Ads, 1950s Advertising, Vintage Ads, Vintage Wife
"Tide's Got What Women Want!" 1950s
An interesting intertext to consider J. Howard Miller’s "Rosie The Riveter – We Can Do It!" poster for the War Production Co-Ordinating Committee. While the iconic image of Rosie the Riveter challenges the stereotypical view of women as confined to the domestic sphere, this similiar looking ad for Tide appears to be reinforcing the connection between women and domesticity.
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