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Article: Movies' unfair portrayal of males.(YOUR LIFE)
- Article from:
- USA TODAY
- Article date:
- July 1, 2006
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Our youngest children learn alarming lessons about men and boys from the many movies they watch, according to a report released by Academy Award-winner Geena Davis' See Jane program, part of the national nonprofit Dads & Daughters initiative.
"G Movies Give Boys a D: Portraying Males as Dominant, Disconnected and Dangerous" reveals how men and boys in children's films are portrayed as significantly more important than females, more likely to be violent, and less likely to be fathers or husbands. Males of color are depicted even more negatively.
Researched by USC's Annenberg School for Communication, the report states that:
* G-rated movies, ...