Female Leadership Portraits in Commercial Movies

Gender Social Representations from the STEAM Sector

Bibliographic Data

ID21260622
AuthorsTatiana Buelvas-Baldiris (0000-0002-0156-8883, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos), Rainer Rubira-García (0000-0002-5667-6080, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos)
Year2023
Volume15
Issue4
Pages1-15
Publication date2023-03-15
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueVISUAL REVIEW International Visual Culture Review / Revista Internacional de Cultura Visual (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2695-9631 • E-ISSN: 2695-9631
PublisherVisualcom Scientific Publications SL (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.37467/revvisual.v15.4960
OpenAlexW4324361227
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited19

To encourage girls and women to pursue STEAM careers, it is crucial to increase the positive representation of female role models in science. The study uses the Bechdel test and an adapted Greimas Actantial Method to analyse mainstream films. Results show that female characters are often attractive, Caucasian scientists, not mothers, and play secondary roles above all. The most represented careers were in Biology, Astronomy, and Social or Human Behavioural Sciences. Representation of women in leadership positions in the STEAM sector in commercial movies is clearly deficient

Art · Biology · Mainstream · Political science · Politics · Portrait · Sociology · Visual arts · Creativity in Education and Neuroscience · Film in Education and Therapy · Psychology · Science Education and Perceptions · Ecology

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