Male Film Critics Continue to Outnumber Female Critics Nearly 2 to 1, According to New Study
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variety.comAngelique Jackson The arena of film criticism continues to look like a man’s world.A new study shows that in early 2020, male film reviewers outnumbered their female counterparts by nearly 2 to 1, before the coronavirus pandemic interrupted the film business and movie theaters closed worldwide this spring.Female film critics contributed 35% of the film reviews across print, broadcast and online outlets, up 1% from 2019, according to the report, titled “Thumbs Down 2020: Film Critics and Gender, and Why It Matters.”Though the increase in numbers of female film critics seems marginal, the numbers show a marked improvement from the 73% male to 27% female breakdown in 2016.Since 2007, the study has been conducted annually San Diego State.
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