Let's talk about women in the media. There is a reason men and women are treated differently on TV and in Movies.

2. WOMEN IN THE WORKPLACE
EXECUTIVES AND CREATORS

3. WOMEN ARE THE MINORITY
MOVIES
• 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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4. 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

5. “
”
I WAS THE
SENIOR 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.

6. HOW IT TRANSLATES ON SCREEN
FEMALE STORYLINES

7. 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

8. FEMALE CHARACTERS ON TELEVISION
• OLIVIA POPE IN SCANDAL
• ALICIA FLORRICK IN
THE GOODWIFE
• 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

9. 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

10. FEMALE CHARACTERS TO WATCH
BLUE BLOODS MADAM SECRETARY
ELIZABETH FAULKNER MCCORD
SLEEPY HOLLOW
ABBIE MILLSERIN REAGAN

12. REFERENCES
• BRINKMAN, B. G., KHAN, A., JEDINAK, A., & VETERE, L. (2014). COLLEGE WOMEN’S REFLECTIONS ON MEDIA REPRESENTATIONS OF
EMPOWERMENT. PSYCHOLOGY OF POPULAR MEDIA CULTURE, DOI:10.1037/PPM0000043
• CHEMALY, S. (2014). 20 FACTS EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT GENDER BIAS IN MOVIES. HUFFINGTONPOST.COM. RETRIEVED
JANUARY 18, 2015, FROM HTTP://WWW.HUFFINGTONPOST.COM/SORAYA-CHEMALY/20-MUSTKNOW-FACTS-ABOUT-G_B_5869564.HTML
• KAY KOPLOVITZ | LEADING THE WAY FOR WOMEN IN BUSINESS. (2012). RETRIEVED FROM HTTP://KOPLOVITZ.COM/ABOUT/
• MAD MEN. (2015). WIKIPEDIA. RETRIEVED FROM HTTP://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/MAD_MEN
• O’BRIEN, A. (2014). ‘MEN OWN TELEVISION’: WHY WOMEN LEAVE MEDIA WORK. MEDIA, CULTURE & SOCIETY, 36(8), 1207-1218.
DOI:10.1177/0163443714544868
• SWANN, J. (2015). MORE WOMEN WORKED BEHIND THE SCENES ON MOVIES IN 1998 THAN DO TODAY. RETRIEVED FROM
HTTP://WWW.TAKEPART.COM/ARTICLE/2015/01/14/FEMALE-DIRECTORS-HOLLYWOOD-OSCARS
• OLIVIA POPE. (2014). WIKIPEDIA. RETRIEVED FROM HTTP://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/OLIVIA_POPE
• THE GOOD WIFE. (2015). WIKIPEDIA. RETRIEVED FROM HTTP://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/THE_GOOD_WIFE