In 2004, Geena Davis sat with her pre-school age daughter watching TV and movies, and they began to notice something: a lack of female characters. Davis thought, if my daughter notices, then what message does this send to all children? Since that discovery, acclaimed actress and activist Geena Davis has made it her business [...]
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MADELINE DI NONNO of THE GEENA DAVIS INSTITUTE: Media and the Gender Gap
Posted in The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, UNIFEM, Women's Rights, tagged Children's Media, Geena Davis, Gender and Media, Hypersexualization of girls, Madeline Di Nonno, Pure Vision, See Jane, The Geena Davis Institute on May 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
