Gender bias in theatre.
Mon, 29 June 2009, 09:43 amgrantwatson30 posts in thread
Gender bias in theatre.
Mon, 29 June 2009, 09:43 amThere is a great article here about gender bias in American theatre, where the majority of plays staged are by male authors. I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts about the findings presented in the article.
Do you think there's a problem of gender bias here in Australia? What can we do? What should we do?
Gender bending
Tue, 8 Sept 2009, 12:06 amActually, I'm a little curious about the 'voice of a minority' argument Liv is presenting.
Since the gender divide in the human population is (approximately) 51% female and 49% male, shouldn't the voice of women be termed the voice of a majority?
Also, I'm not sure how audiences can be said to be uncomfortable with 'The Female Experience' given the raging success of shows like 'The Vagina Monologues' and 'Busting Out'.
[My mistake]- On re-investigation I realise I've misread the info I looked up last night. The world gender ratio is 1.01 males to every female. Women, therefore, are indeed in a minority.
freddie
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