Advertising and Hollywood Have the Power to Change How People See Women Erasing gender stereotypes ‘overnight’

How women are portrayed in advertising and in Hollywood has a major impact on how people see and think about women, and whether they belong in positions of power, panelists discussed today during Advertising Week. “Overnight every brand, every Hollywood movie, can show female CEOs,” said Madeline Di Nonno, CEO of the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, during the “Our Challenge to Erase Gender Stereotypes in Ads” panel. “We’re the only sector that can fix that gender disparity overnight.” Read More…