The origin of the word feminism goes all the way back to the …show more content…
Of the top 500 film from 2007 to 2012, only 2 directors out of 500 were black women, 30% of actresses wore sexually revealing clothing while the statistic was only 7% with men. All of these statistics show just how under-represented and over sexualised women are in the massively unfair and sexist film industry. Professor Martha Lauzen of San Diego State University states, “90% of the time, the people who you pitch your idea to are male, and even though they might be very sympathetic, they do look at the world from a different perspective.” And so again we see the vicious circle of women not being able to advance up the corporate ladder which leads to very little women “high up”, which makes it more difficult for women to be understood when pitching their ideas to