--- title: "Dominance of Men in the Film Industry." description: "Why is the film industry so male–dominated? this question is fundamentally somehow not correct and instead asking for male is not correct." author: "DILIP SINGH" published: 2019-03-08 updated: 2022-12-20 canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/349/dominance-of-men-in-the-film-industry category: "media" tags: ["social issues"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # Dominance of Men in the Film Industry. **Film industry either** [**Hollywood**](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40092/what-are-some-unforgettable-evergreen-dialogues-in-hollywood) **or** [**Bollywood**](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/50351/who-is-the-highest-paid-actor-in-bollywood-2018) **remains a dominating place for men.** This year in the [**Oscar’s**](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/331/period-end-of-sentence-not-girl-s-education)**,** winners are the mostly a **parade of men.** Yes there are female winners in the acting category but that category is only for women, they have to give it to a female. Men not only dominating in the movie making but also within the movie itself. They are ones doing most of the speaking. ![Dominance of Men in the Film Industry.](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/viewsolution/0f1117c5-a3db-4053-b940-5302cb44332d/images/3f029bf4-76a1-4a04-90c3-f5fdc0d4a9da.png)\ When we are fighting to equate men and women equality, the first step is to renovate the gender equality in the movie industry because of more than **80% of the** [**world**](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/302/does-ms-dhoni-deserves-to-play-for-india-in-2019-world-cup) **population watch movies.** **Most of us get our sense of life’s possibilities partly by watching movies.** In Bollywood where most of the times women are shown as the **eye candy** and **for the role of romantic interest does** not help the [young generation](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/audio/1006/amitabh-bachchan-motivate-the-young-generation-from-his-motivational-voice) in developing [equality](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/109/gender-inequality-still-one-of-the-major-flaw-in-our-society). Merely we see two or three movies in a year in which women are in the lead role. ![Dominance of Men in the Film Industry.](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/viewsolution/0f1117c5-a3db-4053-b940-5302cb44332d/images/9fe55b33-8251-4696-aeb3-320dc7a1e963.jpeg)\ The **#MeToo movement**, which reached its new height with the Harvey Weinstein scandal two years back, has, however, done little to correct the [gender imbalance](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/109/gender-inequality-still-one-of-the-major-flaw-in-our-society) both in front of the camera and behind it. Female representation continues to remain extremely weak in the ‘not-so-glamorous’ roles of the silver screen — be it in Hollywood or Bollywood. ![Dominance of Men in the Film Industry.](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/viewsolution/0f1117c5-a3db-4053-b940-5302cb44332d/images/ea0dd53f-5667-477a-9f02-49ebc85e9379.jpeg)\ **The one slightly better [news](https://www.mindstick.com/developersection/news): Hollywood is becoming less prone to viewing women actors as mere glam props or sex objects for a male audience, with more than the double the number of movies casting female actors above 45 is 11 in 2018 in lead roles compared to just 5 movies in 2017. Given that women constitute 50% of the ticket buyers at movie theatres in** [**North America**](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/35177/which-is-the-most-important-river-in-north-america) **and 51% of the total population, Hollywood’s race for gender equality certainly needs more momentum if it doesn’t want to lose half its viewers.** ![Dominance of Men in the Film Industry.](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/viewsolution/0f1117c5-a3db-4053-b940-5302cb44332d/images/3ece46a9-5a6e-4142-bbd6-9cb64391c93f.png)\ **The past 5 years** have seen a vast transformation therein studio execs square measure finally getting down to understand that individuals can visit movies that feature ladies as one thing alternative than eye candy or romantic interest. **And currently, folk’s square measure finally taking allegations of** [**harassment**](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34436/who-accused-bill-clinton-of-sexual-harassment-after-an-incident-in-a-hotel-in-1991) **within the business seriously, for the first time in history.** --- Original Source: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/349/dominance-of-men-in-the-film-industry Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.