If You Risk Nothing, Then You Risk

I Immediately Noticed There Were Far More Male Characters Than Female Characters In The Programs, Even Now, In The 21st Century.

We All Know The Huge Problem There Is With Entertainment In General Leaving Out Women. Especially As Actors, We Know There Are Fewer Great Parts For Women.

The Fictitious Worlds Created For Kids Are Nearly Bereft Of Female Presence. It's Sending A Very Clear Message From The Beginning That Women And Girls Do Not Have Half Of The Adventures, That They're Not As Important. We're Teaching Kids That Girls And Women Don't Take Up Half The Space In The World.

I Have An Elbow That Bends The Wrong Way, And I'd Do Things Like Stand In An Elevator And The Doors Would Close, And I'd Pretend That My Arm Had Got Caught In It, And Then I'd Scream, 'ow, Ow, Put It Back!'

My Daughter Was A Toddler. I Had No Idea There Was Anything Wrong With Kids' Media.i Started Watching Little Preschool Shows With Her Or G-rated Videos Or Whatever; I Couldn't Believe What I Was Seeing, That There Seemed To Be Far More Male Characters Than Female Characters In What We Make For Little Kids. It Was Just A Shock.