Stacy Smith: The data behind Hollywood's sexism
סטייסי סמית': הנתונים מאחורי הסקסיזם בהוליווד
Stacy Smith shows how Hollywood’s homogenous (and overwhelmingly male) culture systematically excludes women and minorities. Full bio
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about a pressing social issue.
על בעיה חברתית דחופה.
movies are actually really important.
through storytelling.
to appear within them,
in the form of American movies.
about 10 years ago
on gender role in G-rated films.
בנושא תפקידי מגדר בסרטים לכל המשפחה
more than 30 investigations.
is tell you about that crisis.
זה לספר לכם על המשבר הזה.
gender inequality in film.
חוסר שוויון מגדרי בסרטים.
how we're going to fix it.
איך אנחנו נתקן את זה.
in a really bad mood.
לכולכם את מצב הרוח.
of the situation.
examines the top 100 grossing films
בוחנת את 100 הסרטים הכי רווחיים
or named character on-screen.
דמות מדברת או שיש לה שם על המסך.
on-screen for gender, race, ethnicity,
לפי מין, גזע, מוצא אתני,
at really some problematic trends.
מגמות ממש בעייתיות.
noticeably absent on-screen in film.
נעדרות באופן מובהק מהמסך.
and 35,205 speaking characters,
go to girls and women.
הן של ילדות ונשים.
from 1946 to 1955,
בין השנים 1946 עד 1955,
in over a half of a century.
במהלך יותר מחצי מאה.
intersectionally,
of just last year,
or African-American speaking character,
שחורה או אפרו-אמריקאית אחת,
or Asian-American speaking characters
של אסיאתים או אמריקאים-אסיאתים
female character that had a disability.
מדברת אחת בעלת מוגבלות.
or transgender female speaking characters.
לסבית, ביסקסואלית או טרנסג'נדר.
the epidemic of invisibility.
from prevalence to protagonist,
לתפקידים הראשיים
or colead driving the action.
או אחת משתי הדמויות המובילות את העלילה.
female driving the story,
המובילה את העלילה,
at the time of theatrical release.
to be sexualized in film
יוצגו באופן מיני בסרט
three times as likely
revealing clothing,
females are so thin
the circumference of their upper arm.
להיקף הזרוע העליונה שלהן
have no room for a womb
אין מקום לרחם
and objectifying content
ותוכן מחפיץ
internalization of the thin ideal
הפנמה של אידיאל הרזון
among some female viewers.
if we lived in the screen world,
crisis on our hands.
these patterns,
two drivers to inequality on-screen:
לחוסר השוויון על המסך:
and misperceptions of the audience.
any of the patterns I just talked about,
כל אחד מן הדפוסים שהעלתי כאן,
is hire female directors.
in terms of short films and indie films,
סרטים קצרים וסרטי אינדי,
40 years of age or older on-screen,
בגיל 40 ומעלה על המסך,
in terms of race and ethnicity,
במונחים של גזע ואתניות,
that we just talked about.
and female executives,
with the perception of a woman.
in the psychological arena.
to inequality on-screen
that go to the box office and buy tickets
שהולכים לקולנוע וקונים כרטיסים
or financially lucrative target audience.
בר קיימא או בעל פוטנציאל כלכלי.
place a female at the center,
at the center of a story does.
of franchise successes
"Star Wars: The Force Awakens."
"מלחמת הכוכבים: הכוח מתעורר".
that gender of the lead character
שהמין של הדמות הראשית
in the United States.
של הסרט בארצות הברית.
a film is distributed in this country.
all be sufficiently depressed.
להיות מדוכאים לחלוטין.
working behind the camera
does not trust us as an audience.
there would be a silver lining,
simple and tangible solutions
"פשוט תוסיף חמש".
at the top 100 films next year
הסרטים הטובים ביותר בשנה הבאה
speaking characters on-screen
נשיות מדברות על המסך
for three contiguous years,
in over a half of a century.
for a variety of reasons.
for male actors.
מהשחקנים הגברים.
It doesn't cost that much.
היא די זולה.
the production process.
that there's women on set.
can make demands in their contracts,
יכולים להציב דרישות בחוזים שלהם.
on the biggest Hollywood films.
הסרטים ההוליוודים הגדולים ביותר.
or an inclusion rider
speaking characters in it.
of those characters
in their contract
in which we actually live.
the entertainment industry,
around directors.
the Rooney Rule stipulates
from outside the organization,
an underrepresented candidate.
can apply to Hollywood films.
גם בסרטים הוליוודיים.
are not only on the consideration list,
ברשימות ההתחלתיות,
interviewed for the job.
executives to female directors
נשים במאיות
to exclusionary hiring practices.
by, for and about women,
שהופקו על ידי, עבור ועל נשים,
to the independent theater chain
של סרטים עצמאיים
a little further online
יותר למטה בעמוד
and funding a film,
from an underrepresented background.
אישה מרקע בלתי מיוצג.
ולשלוח אימיילים לחברות
on our social media accounts
בחשבונות המדיה החברתית שלנו
inclusive representation,
women behind the camera.
and our dollars count.
ולדרוש תמורה בעד כספינו.
to change the world on this one.
of audiences worldwide.
has unprecedented access
stories about equality
has to do is unleash its secret weapon,
לשחרר את הנשק הסודי שלה,
that films, they can transform us.
הם יכולים לשנות אותנו.
a storytelling landscape
if the next generation of audiences
different screen reality?
to change what we see on-screen
את מה שאנחנו רואים על המסך
and global viewers
of viewers and audiences,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Stacy Smith - Media researcherStacy Smith shows how Hollywood’s homogenous (and overwhelmingly male) culture systematically excludes women and minorities.
Why you should listen
Dr. Stacy L. Smith is the Founder and Director of the Media, Diversity, and Social Change Initiative at the Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism at the University of Southern California, where she is also an Associate Professor. Her work examines gender, race, LGBT status, disability and age on screen and gender and race/ethnicity behind the camera in cinematic content as well as barriers and opportunities facing women and people of color in the entertainment industry. She also conducts economic analyses related to diversity and the financial performance of films. Smith is a world leader, with speaking engagements ranging from the TED Women stage to the United Nations. Her research sets the global standard for data on employment diversity in entertainment, and she is a trusted source to the entertainment industry. Her work is cited widely by both corporate and educational audiences.
Smith has written more than 100 journal articles, book chapters, and reports on content patterns and effects of the media. Her research has been written about in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, fivethirtyeight.com, The Atlantic, The Huffington Post, Newsweek, The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, Wired and USA Today, among others. She has a co-edited essay in Maria Shriver's book, A Woman's Nation Changes Everything (2009). Her most recent research reports include the Comprehensive Annenberg Report on Diversity (CARD), multiple landmark studies with Sundance Institute and Women in Film Los Angeles and a study of 800 top-grossing films conducted at USC Annenberg.
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