Democracy Gone Astray

Democracy, being a human construct, needs to be thought of as directionality rather than an object. As such, to understand it requires not so much a description of existing structures and/or other related phenomena but a declaration of intentionality.
This blog aims at creating labeled lists of published infringements of such intentionality, of points in time where democracy strays from its intended directionality. In addition to outright infringements, this blog also collects important contemporary information and/or discussions that impact our socio-political landscape.

All the posts here were published in the electronic media – main-stream as well as fringe, and maintain links to the original texts.

[NOTE: Due to changes I haven't caught on time in the blogging software, all of the 'Original Article' links were nullified between September 11, 2012 and December 11, 2012. My apologies.]

Saturday, December 14, 2013

Hollywood's Big Women Problem, In 1 Chart

womenIn November, the New York Film Academy took a look at gender inequality in films from 2007 to 2012. The results were startling: there five men for every one woman working in the industry. As the year comes to a close, we decided to take a closer look at the films of 2013. Adding up the leading roles in this year's 50 highest-grossing films (as listed by Box Office Mojo), we tallied how many featured a female lead, how many featured a male lead, and how many included a co-ed ensemble cast.

The results: Not only are women -- as the New York Film Academy found -- less prominent in the film industry, the movies that garner the most attention rarely focus on female narratives. Of this year's 50 top-earning movies, just six starred a female lead ("The Hunger Games: Catching Fire," "Gravity," "The Heat," "Frozen," "Identity Thief," "Mama" and "Safe Haven"). More than 32 of the movies among the top 50 starred only male leads and 20 percent of the total films did not even include women as secondary characters.

Original Article
Source: huffingtonpost.com/
Author: Lauren Duca  

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