It's not just a lack of female directors and writers we have in the film industry, a study of Rotten Tomatoes by the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film reveals that men outnumber women by 73% to 27% as film critics.
Martha Lauzen who wrote the study 'Thumbs Down 2016: Top Film Critics and Gender' reports that '34% of reviews written by women are of films that feature at least one female protagonist, compared with only 24% of reviews written by men.'
Lauzen’s analysis revealed that the gender imbalance also affects the nature of coverage films receive. Crucially, she reports, while male and female reviewers on average award similar ratings to films featuring female protagonists, a male critic is considerably less likely to review it in the first place. According to the study, 34% of reviews written by women are of films that feature at least one female protagonist, compared with only 24% of reviews written by men.
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