WOMEN IN THE WORKPLACE EXECUTIVES AND CREATORS

WOMEN ARE THE MINORITYMOVIES

• IN 2014, OF THE 250 MAJOR MOVIES THAT WERE

RELEASED, ONLY 17 HAD FEMALE DIRECTORS.

• ONLY 17 PERCENT OF PEOPLE WORKING BEHIND

THE MOVIE CAMERA WERE WOMEN.

• KATHRYN BIGELOW IS STILL THE ONLY WOMAN

TO WIN A BEST DIRECTOR OSCAR FOR THE HURT

LOCKER - 2009

TELEVISION

• LAST YEAR, ONLY 13 PERCENT OF ALL TELEVISION

DIRECTORS WERE WOMEN.

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FEMALE MEDIA EXECUTIVES

• WOMEN CAN BE CEOS AND POLITICIANS, BUT

ARE STILL OBJECTIFIED, DISRESPECTED, OR NON-

EXISTENT IN THE MEDIA

• MEN TEND TO HIRE THEIR GOOD MALE FRIENDS

AS SENIOR EXECUTIVES, AND HIGH-RANKING

WOMEN ARE EXCLUDED FROM THEIR

‘UNOFFICIAL’ MALE MEETINGS

Kay Koplovitz-USA Network & SYFY

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I WAS THESENIOR PRODUCER-DIRECTOR ON A

DOCUMENTARY, BUT AT EVERY MEETING PEOPLE WOULD IMMEDIATELY

ADDRESS THEIR COMMENTS TO A MALE ASSOCIATE PRODUCER…

(O'BRIEN, 2014, P. 1213)

WOMEN STILL LACK RESPECT EVEN WHEN THEY ARE IN CHARGE.

HOW IT TRANSLATES ON SCREEN FEMALE STORYLINES

FEMALE CHARACTERS IN MOVIES

• MALE CHARACTERS IN MOVIES OUTNUMBER

FEMALE CHARACTERS 3 TO 1. (FEMALES – 11%)

• “FEMALE CHARACTERS ARE MORE THAN TWICE

AS LIKELY TO BE EITHER PARTIALLY OR FULLY

NAKED (24.2 PERCENT VS. 11.5 PERCENT)” –

HUFFINGTON POST

• IN 2014, MEN WERE REPRESENTED IN STEM JOBS

AT A RATE OF 7 TO 1 OVER WOMEN

• MANY MEN IN THE INDUSTRY BELIEVE THAT A

FEMALE PROTAGONIST IS INCAPABLE OF

CARRYING AN ENTIRE MOVIE ON THEIR OWN.

• UNLIKE MALE CHARACTERS:

I AM LEGEND

AND

TAKEN

FEMALE CHARACTERS ON TELEVISION

• OLIVIA POPE IN SCANDAL

• ALICIA FLORRICK IN

THE GOOD WIFE

• FEMALES WHO ARE THE MAIN CHARACTERS OF

THEIR OWN SHOW, ARE STILL CONSTANTLY

BELITTLED BY MALE CO-CHARACTERS

• THEY ALSO TEND TO RESORT TO SEX TO

ACCOMPLISH THINGS IN THEIR STORYLINES

• WOMEN IN TV ARE USUALLY MENTALLY OR

EMOTIONALLY PREOCCUPIED WITH A MAN TO BE

INDEPENDENTLY SUCCESSFUL

WHAT WE NEED TO LEARN

• WOMEN ARE JUST AS CAPABLE AS MEN IN THE

ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY.

• WE NEED TO HIRE MORE FEMALE EXECUTIVES, WRITERS,

PRODUCERS, AND DIRECTORS

• FEMALE STORYLINES CAN BE INTERESTING WITHOUT

DEGRADING THE WOMEN IN THEM

• SOCIETY IS SUSCEPTIBLE TO EVERYTHING WE PUT ON

TV/MOVIES. LET’S RESPECT WOMEN IN AMERICA BY

STARTING WITH THE WOMEN AMERICA LOOKS UP TO.

LARA CROFT: TOMB RAIDER

THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA

FEMALE CHARACTERS TO WATCH

BLUE BLOODS MADAM SECRETARY

ELIZABETH FAULKNER MCCORD

SLEEPY HOLLOW

ABBIE MILLS ERIN REAGAN

REFERENCES

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DOI:10.1177/0163443714544868

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