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    Life Imitates Art

    Geena Davis on how gender inequality on TV and in movies has a powerful impact on kids:

    MS. BLUMENSTEIN: What does a parent do? Is there evidence that the more TV and movies that kids watch—does it have an impact on them?

    MS. DAVIS: Definitely. They found that the more hours of television a girl watches, the fewer options she believes she has in life. And the more hours a boy watches, the more sexist his views become.

    Read the whole interview.

    — 10 months ago
    #gender inequality in tv/movies for kids