Can depictions of women as candidates and leaders in film and television increase the number of women and girls who aspire to leadership roles? Julie Burton, president of the Women’s Media Center, an organization devoted to monitoring the images of women and their impact on culture, told me: “Television has great cultural and economic power. It tells us who we are and what our roles are in society.” Burton says she is excited by some of the recent depictions of women as leaders and candidates, but they are still “the exception.” She concluded, “If the standard TV image of a politician is a man, women—and importantly, girls—won’t see themselves in that picture and won’t aspire to those positions. That’s a loss for everyone.” Read more on the daily beast: thebea.st/1x0HDK3
Posted on: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 15:21:05 +0000
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