Male characters outnumber female..

so now that i have time on my hands, i actually get to read the various articles in the Wall Street Journal.  Last week, there was a series of articles covering a conference hosted by WSJ on where are all the female executives.   The interview with Geena Davis caught my eye.

She founded an Institute that has done research on G rated films and TV series.  The study found that for every 1 female character, there were 3 male characters.  and that the main goal for the female characters was finding romance.  whereas, this was never the aspiration for the male characters.  isn't it interesting, with all the female writers out there and all the social change, writers are still stuck in what they consider to be normal.  i doubt anyone realized they did this, but it does set the tone for the children, both male & female, when these are the examples they remember.