Thursday, January 22, 2015
Rockefeller Foundation Releases International Study on Gender Images in Films
What happens when specific groups of people are not seen or heard? The result is a potential default to stereotypical images and ideas (often imbued with unconscious or implicit bias) that can seep into our languages and behaviors, which can turn into acts of bias, microaggressions, or exclusion.
The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, U.N. Women and The Rockefeller Foundation released the first-ever international study about gender images in films. Key findings include that the number of female roles in top-grossing movies has not changed much in half a century, and that few women are depicted in positions of power on screen....