Unequal voices
Only 30 percent of the movie reviews printed in the nation's top newspapers are written by women, according to a study by Dr. Martha Lauzen.
Lauzen found that of the 100 biggest papers (by circulation), 47 of them had no reviews written by female writers in the fall of 2007. Only 12 percent of those 100 papers had no reviews written by male writers.
It's particularly sad, though, that (according to the Association of Women Film Journalists), those numbers are actually more equal than women's participation in the movie industry (15 percent of all directors, writers, producers, editors and cinematographers working on the top 250 films of 2007) or as characters (only 28 percent of all characters in the top 100 films of 2002).
Lauzen found that of the 100 biggest papers (by circulation), 47 of them had no reviews written by female writers in the fall of 2007. Only 12 percent of those 100 papers had no reviews written by male writers.
It's particularly sad, though, that (according to the Association of Women Film Journalists), those numbers are actually more equal than women's participation in the movie industry (15 percent of all directors, writers, producers, editors and cinematographers working on the top 250 films of 2007) or as characters (only 28 percent of all characters in the top 100 films of 2002).
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