Multicultural Initiatives: Gender Gaps in Cinema

What's this blog about?

I teach several courses under the broad topic of "Multicultural Education," prioritizing social justice issues of access, power/privilege, & narrowing the academic achievement gap. I am a person of color and I almost always have a white co-teacher. We include topics, such as: racism, sexism, heterosexism, ableism, ethnocentrism, deculturalization, transforming curriculum, etc. This is a place where I post information that we teach; lesson plans for activities; and resources we use and/or which are shared with me by my adult students.

Friday, February 28, 2014

Gender Gaps in Cinema

The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media site is AMAZING in all that it offers about feminism and sexism. http://www.seejane.org/

BECHDEL Test Movie List - There are two or more women in this movie and they talk to each other about something other than a man

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCUQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbechdeltest.com%2F&ei=IPAQU6iaDJDp0QHRt4GgCw&usg=AFQjCNEjt5tyjNHLCEvAvKJsdjF4l1zZbw&sig2=vQyfi6yaaMCyLh3N-xLtFg&bvm=bv.62286460,d.dmQ

The gender game in SCREEN TIME
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/02/movies/awardsseason/cinemetrics-extracts-statistical-data-from-movies.html?smid=tw-share&_r=2
"Whether by sight or sound, Ms. Bullock occupies 87 percent of “Gravity’s” running time, more than any other nominee this year and well above the average among her competitors for best actress. One disquieting finding from my research is that this year’s lead actors average 85 minutes on screen, but lead actresses average only 57 minutes. (When you add in supporting categories, all competing actors averaged 59 minutes, while all competing actresses averaged 42 minutes.) Last year’s results were even more imbalanced: nominated male stars averaged 100 minutes on screen to the lead actresses’ 49 minutes"