Why don’t women get the soundbite?
or, why does Eleanor Clift often look so pained on the McLaughlin Group?
Because…
“On the influential Sunday morning political talk shows, women represent only 14% of guest appearances
(“Who’s Talking?” The White House Project, 2005)
From shesource.org, a very cool site. Also:
“On the three main U.S. broadcast networks, 87 percent of expert sound bytes are provided by men.
(Women, Men and Media and The Freedom Forum Media Studies Center, 1998)
Despite their growing ranks as experts in fields ranging from national security and military spending to technology and health care, women continue to be drastically underrepresented in the news media as policy shapers and leading voices of authority on critical issues. We’ve heard from journalists that say the main reason they do not quote women as experts on a range of topics is simply because they do not know how to find them.”
It always bothered me that Dr. Phil, the person who made psychotherapy part of our vernacular, is a man.
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