Directing isn’t the only film field in which women are underrepresented.ย A new study shows that men far outnumber women in film criticism by two to one.
The study, titled, “Thumbs Down 2016: Top Film Critics and Gender,” looked at 5,776 reviews written by 247 “top critics” on film review aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes.
Men made up 73 percent of “top critics” on the site, while women represented 27 percent in the category.
The study was released this week by Dr. Martha Lauzen, executive director of the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film at San Diego State University.