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In 2014, a study commissioned by the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, with support from UN Women and The Rockefeller Foundation analysed popular films from across the world released between 2010 to 2013 to conclude that India tops the chart in showing attractive women in its movies and as much as 35 per cent of these female characters are shown with some nudity. They observed that Bollywood films have a significantly higher prevalence of sexualisation of female characters and don’t give them significant speaking roles.
However, the industry has undergone a sea change since. Whether it was a result of the study or Bollywood coming of age, in 2021, not only are we celebrating strong women in cinema, but we are also giving them careers and ambitions instead of relegating them to mere eye-candy roles. Filmmakers are no longer shying away from trusting their heroines to lead them to box-office glory as long as they are saying stories that matter. And actress
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Study: Portrayals Of Black Women/Girls Improving In Film & TV, But Work Needed
By City News Service
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Portrayals of Black women and girls in film are showing signs of progress, with their characters more likely to be depicted as leaders or as working in STEM professions than white women, but issues of “colorism” still exist, according to a study released today.
The research by the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, in conjunction with the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, was billed as the first of its kind to focus on Black women and girls in film and television, with previous research categorizing women/girls and Black people as separate categories.