The Misrepresentation of Women in Media

Hi all,

Hope everyone had a fantastic Thanksgiving break. Over the break, I watched Miss Representation and was fascinated/concerned by the points raised in the movie.

I did a little research and found an interesting/brief piece that gives a few statistics on the misrepresentation of women in media in the United States. The article can be found here.

Here are a few excerpts from the piece that stood out to me!

"For production of the 250 top-grossing domestically made films of 2013, women accounted for 16 percent of all directors, executive producers, producers, writers, cinematographers and editors, slightly lower than the 2012 and 1998 figures." 

"Two women—1.09 percent—were among the 183 sports talk radio hosts on Talkers magazine’s “Heavy Hundred” list. The Top Ten among Talker’s news talk show “Heavy Hundred” included no women."


This article was released by the Women's Media Center, an organization that seeks to achieve the "goal of making women visible and powerful in the media."

Please feel free to read more about their work here.