If you want a guaranteed annual bummer regarding the state of women in Hollywood, today’s the day. San Diego State University’s Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film released the “It’s a Man’s (Celluloid) World” study, which this year indicates there were more female leads on the big screen in 2002 than there were in 2014.
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“The chronic underrepresentation of girls and women reveals a kind of arrested development in the mainstream film industry,” Martha M. Lauzen, the center’s executive director, said in a statement. “Women are not a niche audience and they are no more ‘risky’ as filmmakers than men. It is unfortunate that these beliefs continue to limit the industry’s relevance in today’s marketplace.”
