Research investigations - Miss representation quotes

The following quotations come from the documentary entitled “Miss representation” (this can now be viewed on Netflix) and deal with issues of false and bias female representations in the Media, which help contribute to a patriarchal society.  Some are statistics the documentary presents via on screen graphics where others are specific quotations from contributors.

1. ·      Teenagers on average, spend 10 hours 45 minutes a day consuming Media
2. ·      Girls learn from a very early age, the most important thing is how they look
3. ·      53% of 13 year old girls are unhappy with their bodies, by 17 the statistic is 78%
4. ·      Rates of depression among girls and woman have doubled between 2000 and 2010
5. ·      The ideal image of beauty is becoming more extreme and impossible than ever before – Jean Kilbourne
6. ·      Girls measure themselves against an impossible standard and end up feeling left wanting
7. ·      The non content form of the media has to be backed up and supported by the content
8. ·      A lot of advertising is based on making people feel anxious and insecure – Jean Kilbourne
9. ·      Girls learn to see themselves as objects– Jean Kilbourne
10. ·      American woman spend between 12-15 thousand dollars a year on beauty products
11. ·      The number of cosmetic surgery procedures performed on youth under 19 more than tripled from 1997 to 2007
12. ·      At 7 years old little girls and little boys want to be president of the United States in equal number, 30%, ask the same question at 15 and a huge gap has occurred – Caroline Heldman
13. ·      In areas where females have challenged male power, males have responded by representing them in a way that assists in taking their power away – Jackson Katz
14. ·      Congress has the fewest amount of woman in 30 years
15. ·      Females own 5.8% of all TV and 6% of radio
16. ·      97% of publishing companies are owned by Males
17. ·      Woman comprise only 16% of all writers, directors, producers, cinematographers and editors
18. ·      10% of writers of film are female
19. ·      People tend to employ reflections of themselves – Lindy Dekoven
20. ·      We replicate the world we grow up in – Film Director
21. ·      The representation of females in film has become much more narrow and cartoon like than in the 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s
22. ·      In the 1990’s studies found a steady increase in explicitly sexual images in advertising
23. ·      The exploitation of female bodies sell products
24. ·      Males are taught to not express emotion
25. ·      Females are represented as young
26. ·      You  cant be what you cant see
27. ·      Females are not represent in the Media for doing something, they are represented for how they look
28. ·      Many woman are empowered, but not represented in the Media
29. ·      The majority of females on TV are between 20-30, 71%
30. ·      39% of woman in the world are under 30
31. ·      Woman are represented as natural enemies of woman
32. ·      The Male Media represents females in power trivially, often concentrating on appearance, which influences audience’s opinions of females in power
33. ·      Females are represented as emotional and irrational
34. ·      Only 16% of protagonists in film are female
35. ·      In between 1937 and 2005, there was only 13 protagonists in animated movies who were female. All apart from one of them had the aspiration to find romance – Greena Davis
36. ·      As a culture woman are brought up to be fundamentally insecure
37. ·      Were socializing boys to believe being a man is being in charge and dominate – Jackson Katz
38. ·      More than 20% of teens have sex before the age of 14