Iconic Feminist Talks Media Representation of Women, Girls at PCMA

As reported by PCMA, the message from the media is that women and girls have far less value than men and boys, said Academy Award-winning actor Geena Davis during Wednesday’s Closing Session at Convening Leaders 2019. Women make up 51 percent of the population, yet account for only a fraction of the speaking roles in films. Even when women do have leading roles in movies, they have only one third as much time onscreen as their male counterparts, the actor said.

According to Davis, “data is the magic key,” in building awareness of the problem, said Davis, who founded the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media 15 years ago to study how girls and women are represented in media and entertainment.

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