MT/Acting Gender Gaps

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Just saw an interesting article on why simply increasing the number of female roles isn’t enough.

Why do we punish strong female protagonists?

“Have you ever noticed that the sort of Bad Things that happen to women in stories aren’t the same things that happen to men?” Rebecca Atkinson-Lord

“I can think of scores of plays, films, and books where women’s sexual agency is punished. I can’t think of one where a corresponding narrative happens to a man. Perhaps the unfortunate truth is that in real life more Bad Things happen to women than men and these plays are merely holding a mirror up to nature. But if that’s the case then our responsibility to act for change is even more acute.”

The full article is worth reading.

http://exeuntmagazine.com/features/32692/