Boys Will Hire Boys: The Media Is Male and Getting Maler

[MicaelS]

8. I can think of a couple of reasons for this..

(1) Women will go see a male centered film. Men won't go see a female centered film, unless their female S.O. demands they go. I went and saw Gwyneth Paltrow's "Sliding Doors" (1998) on a Saturday afternoon in a local theater. There were 29 women, and 1 man (me) in the theater.

(2) Film is big international business these days, and films that center on themes that translate across cultural lines, i.e "action and adventure" do better than films with a theme of "How does a modern women balance romance, career and family?" Especially in those areas of the world where women do not have equal rights with men.

You are right for that the viewpoints, the creative movers in film and television are almost exclusively male.