The gender distribution of speaking characters in movies in the United States from 2002 to 2019 has changed slightly since 2002, though in 2019 just 34 percent of the speaking characters in movies that year were female. A historical comparison looking at the percentages of male and female protagonists tells a similar story, though between 2002 and 2019 the share of female major characters in Hollywood's top movies increased by ten percent.
Distribution of speaking characters in movies in the United States from 2007 to 2019, by gender
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Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film. (January 8, 2020). Distribution of speaking characters in movies in the United States from 2007 to 2019, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 28, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/754873/speaking-characters-movies-gender-distribution/
Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film. "Distribution of speaking characters in movies in the United States from 2007 to 2019, by gender." Chart. January 8, 2020. Statista. Accessed March 28, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/754873/speaking-characters-movies-gender-distribution/
Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film. (2020). Distribution of speaking characters in movies in the United States from 2007 to 2019, by gender. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 28, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/754873/speaking-characters-movies-gender-distribution/
Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film. "Distribution of Speaking Characters in Movies in The United States from 2007 to 2019, by Gender." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Jan 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/754873/speaking-characters-movies-gender-distribution/
Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film, Distribution of speaking characters in movies in the United States from 2007 to 2019, by gender Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/754873/speaking-characters-movies-gender-distribution/ (last visited March 28, 2020)
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