WOMEN IN THE MEDIA

@ Ladies in the room: What observations have you made with the way women are portrayed in shows, books, movies and TV? Is this a fair/accurate representation of your identity?

Usually, The way women are represented does not reflect real life. And here's why.

DID YOU KNOW?

• The ratio of women to men portrayed in STEM fields in family films is 1:14.25.
• The ratio of women to men portrayed in science on TV is 1:5.
• Hollywood senior management is 93% white, and 83% male
• Men report roughly 65% Of Political stories, science news, world news, and criminal justice news.
• Lifestyle was the only journalism subject with equal opportunity.

BUT DID YOU ALSO KNOW THAT...

• 57.5% of all STEM related bacherlor's degrees were earned by WOMEN?
• Female scientists and engineers are concentrated in different occupations than are men, with relatively high shares of women in the social sciences (62%) and biological, agricultural, and environmental life sciences (48%)

57.5%, 62%, & 48%

PROPOSAL

• Argue that there should be an equilibrium in women reported stories and men reported stories.
• Why? Because despite there being a higher female world population, men still get to talk about and represent it all.
• Include more depictions of women in TV and family films as professionals.
• Why? Because this is the example by which people act, and family films should be augmented because they are for children.