Wednesday, September 16, 2009
The Still Sorry Stats on Women Working Behind the Scenes on TV
Women & Hollywood: "Martha Lauzen and her team at the Center for Study of Women in Television and Film at San Diego State U. have updated the statistics on women creatives working behind the scenes during the 2008- 2009 TV season."
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This was an interesting article, but I wish that more data would have been provided. As the article mentions, other cable networks should be included in the statistics. I would especially be interested in finding out the stats for Lifetime compared to one of the major networks, since it is geared primarily toward a female audience. I also wish the article provided some insight into why the percentages are so low. I feel like women working in television should have more of an equal opportunity, but those interested will have to be more active for themselves.
I complete agree that it is shameful that these are the statistics but this article is devoid of any helpful suggestions or reasoning behind the numbers. The primary message is: "The industry should really be ashamed..." That doesn't help analyze the problem, or find the root of the issues behind why the statistics are the way they are. Even links to articles about women in Hollywood would give a little more validity to the posting.
this is some what insetting that women have such a small percent of the entreatment production. But the survey was only with the 5 major tv networks so this is not a good survey about men vs women in the work force. it is some what staring that some things have went up but things have when more down then up. it would be nice if more women would get in to the entreatment field. i dont rile know why this percent when down. some factors must have be in this.
I wish women had a bigger part in the television industry. I know that it's hard for this to change, because as long as women are a minority in the industry, women are going to be less likely to want to break in to it because they are going to feel uncomfortable in the industry. I wish that there were more statistics in this article though, because this article only represented 5 television stations, and there are a lot more than that.
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