If one wants to build the prototypical Hollywood film, you would start with a white, heterosexual, able-bodied male lead, a new study confirms.
The study, conducted by the Media, Diversity, & Social Change Initiative at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, shows that the gender ratio in the 100 top grossing films was 2.2 male characters to every one female character, showing males are getting over double the amount of opportunities as their female counterparts. This is nothing in comparison to the gender gap in the staff behind the camera, as directors, writers and producers of the top 100 grossing films of 2015 were 81 percent male and 19 percent female. Of directors, 92.5 percent were male — a 12.4 to 1 male-to-female ratio. Clearly, the film industry is still a “man’s world.”
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