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Mosby

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5. The categories are seperate though

Reply to stevenleser (Reply #4)

Fri Mar 1, 2013, 03:01 PM

Mar 2013

Best actor, Best actress etc so they are not competing against each other.

This large gender difference in the number of noms and awards has to be due to all the other categories like best director, sound editor, cinematography etc. So the question is how does Hollywood attract more women into the technical, behind the camera jobs that have been traditionally dominated by men.

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Oscar Misogyny... [View all] monmouth3 Feb 2013 OP

How is that even possible? polly7 Feb 2013 #1

Agreed. It's very messed up. I notice even on sites like Hollywood Reporter, it's all about the monmouth3 Feb 2013 #2

One of the women receiving an Oscar needs to do a Michael Moore polly7 Feb 2013 #3

I think the main answer is what the Bechdel test (posted half a page or so down) shows. stevenleser Feb 2013 #4

The categories are seperate though Mosby Mar 2013 #5