Girls born during the famine in Ukraine, for example, lived to the age of Girls also fared better in west Africa in the s. Life expectancy was an incredibly low 1. This is the most interesting result. Zarulli pointed to the double X chromosome present in females, as well as the hormone oestrogen, as plausible explanations for women outliving men, regardless of factors such as violence or risk-taking.
Zarulli said that the most prominent female hormones, oestrogens, protect blood vessels and defend against a range of diseases. They are just treated as objects of attraction," she says. In India there are so many women in the army, but you never see a female soldier on screen. For women in politics it is assumed that the only way they reach corridors of power is by compromising their integrity. Films and TV continue to perpetuate these deeply disturbing stereotypes.
The impact is huge if you think about the influence films and TV have on society. On screen and in real life, girls and women are devalued and it is accepted as normal. This has to change. I am repeatedly advised to give up. The only way for girls to gain an identity is to stand on their own two feet. Nowadays, with Netflix, Hulu, and other media platforms more readily available, a survey by Common Sense Media found that Americans teens spend an average of 9 hours a day using media.
Remove the time spent asleep and in the bathroom, and media occupies much more than half of a teen's day. Then add to that advertising, which has become as ubiquitous as, well advertising. Thus, it's no surprise that media such as advertising, television, and movies can substantially affect your health and well-being and change your life.
Davis told me that a movie significantly changed her life as well. Except that she starred in the movie rather than watched it although she probably watched it too. Nominated for 6 Academy Awards and winning Best Original Screenplay , the film Thelma and Louise featured Davis and Susan Sarandon as two friends who embarked on a road trip, but became fugitives after they thwarted and killed an attempted rapist.
The movie was groundbreaking in many ways, such as showcasing two strong female lead characters that resist abusive male characters and face tribulations as a result. Thus began a journey by the Academy-Award winning actor that resulted in her founding her Institute on Gender in Media in Here's a video on the Institute:.
Since its founding the Institute has amassed what it describes as "the largest body of research on gender prevalence in family entertainment, spanning more than 20 years. In the past, television, movie, and advertising executives largely controlled what roles and images the public would see. They would present either what they thought the public would want to see or what they wanted the public to see.
However, t he Internet and social media are helping change all of this. Now anyone in theory can upload a picture or a video for public consumption. While this has led to a plethora of cat videos and someone cementing his head in a microwave , it also has led to influential campaigns.
For example, Dr. Heather Logghe started the hashtag ILookLikeASurgeon to motivate people to post pictures of women working as surgeons to alter the perceived norm of what a surgeon "should" look like. And of course, the MeToo movement has brought much more attention to the ongoing harassment, biases, and barriers to advancement that continue to plague many industries.
Thus, Davis feels that this is a good time for her to launch the StrengthHasNoGender campaign in partnership with Brawny.
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