Gender Bias in Movies 'Black Swan' Results (IMAGE)

University of Washington

Gender Bias in Movies 'Black Swan' Results

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In the 2010 movie Black Swan, male characters (blue bars) were written with more control over their own destiny than their female counterparts, specifically in stage directions (left chart). However, the verbs used in dialogue (right chart) gave more power to female characters (red bars).

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