For example: On films with female directors, women comprised 52 percent of writers.
In contrast, on films with exclusively male directors, women accounted for just 8 percent of writers.
On films with female directors, women comprised 35 percent of editors.
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On films with male directors, 15 pecent of editors were female.
The findings dispute the notion that women dont hire other women.
Women do appear to prefer to hire other women in greater practice than do men.
Lauzen is hopeful that the EEOC investigation could result in real change.
Yet, the expansion of Lauzens research only confirms the still wretched state of gender inequality in filmmaking.
Other countries are taking up this issue with their public funding of films.
That option is not a possibility in the U.S. where there is no public film fund.
Where is the M.P.A.A.
Why arent we hearing from the major film studios?
They are the ones who could change the gender dynamic.
And they are silent.
There has to be a will to change.
