The data behind Hollywoods sexism, Stacy Smith

Where are all the women and girls in film Social scientist Stacy Smith analyzes how the media underrepresents and portrays women and the potentially destructive effects those portrayals have on viewers. She shares hard data behind gender bias in Hollywood, where onscreen males outnumber females three to one (and behindthecamera workers fare even worse. ) TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design plus science, business, global issues, the arts and much more. Find closed captions and translated subtitles in many languages at Follow TED news on Twitter: Like TED on Facebook: Subscribe to our channel: