May 3, 2006, - 11:57 am
Study: Hollywood to Kids, “Males, White Males = Evil”
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Most male characters in children’s movies are “Casanova’s, criminals, or clowns,” according to a study by USC researcher Stacy Smith, who studied movies targeted at teens, tweens, and children. This anti-male dynamic was present in both animation and movies with live actors.
The study, which looked at 101 top-grossing G-rated films from 1990-2004 also found that White male characters are physcially aggressive in most of the films.
Only 34.6% of parents are male vs. 66.3% who are women. Only 31.9% of men on screen are married or in a committed relationship.
Oddly, the research is sponsored by deposed “” actress, Geena Davis’ See Jane Foundation, which we . Davis is still claiming this is bad for women. She wants half of all characters to be women.
Tags: actress, animation, Casanova, Debbie Schlussel Most, Geena Davis, Geena Davis' See Jane Foundation, Males, Stacy Smith, USC researcher, White Males = Evil
Another big problem today is the fact that the villains seem to be more glorified than heroes. It seems like big name actors would rather take on roles of the villain than the hero. We see this a lot in some of the recent comic book movies like the Batman and Spiderman series. Years ago viewers always rooted for the hero, now not so much.
Concerned Conservative on May 3, 2006 at 1:03 pm