Men dominate news coverage of women’s reproductive issues, finds Women’s Media Center study
Men dominate news coverage of womens reproductive issues, finds Womens Media Center study
WASHINGTON, DC Male voices and perspectives eclipse female ones -- even in coverage of womens reproductive issues -- according to research released today by the Womens Media Center. When it comes to stories about abortion and contraception, womens voices are systematically stifled as writers and as sources, said Julie Burton, president of the Womens Media Center. Burton noted, In articles about elections and reproductive issues, mens voices prevail, especially in coverage of presidential campaigns, with male reporters telling 67 percent of all presidential election stories related to abortion and contraception.
The gender of the reporter appears to affect whom they choose to quote and how they cover the story. WMCs research shows that female journalists quote women more often than their male counterparts, while quotes from male sources predominate in articles written by men. Gloria Steinem, co-founder of the Womens Media Center noted, Since women play a greater role in reproduction, it would make sense for women to be the majority of the sources and authorities in its coverage.
WMC research shows male voices dominate reproductive issues coverage as journalists and as sources. Female journalists wrote just 37 percent of articles about reproductive issues while their male counterparts penned 52 percent. Another 11 percent did not have bylines. Quotes from men account for 41 percent of all quotes in articles about reproductive issues while quotes from women account for just 33 percent.
The American public and especially women deserve accurate, informed and experienced media coverage on reproductive health, state and federal legislation, abortion and contraception, said Gloria Steinem. This research is offered in the hope of increasing public information about reproductive justice which means the right to have or not to have children as a basic human right.
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http://www.womensmediacenter.com/press/entry/men-dominate-news-coverage-of-womens-reproductive-issues-finds-womens-media
trillion
(1,859 posts)abortion. If it did then when the 17 yo pregnant teen who happened to be of color, got shot in the uterus about 8 months ago in Seattle and lost the baby, all those anti-choicers on my local news site, who had been screaming about abortion killing babies, would not have all said good and one less mouth on welfare, and many many more dispicable things they said. I grabbed their anti abortion posts and quoted them and linked them and they ran from the thread. I suspect if that news story had shown up on free republic the freepers "would also be saying good that she lost her baby - the same ones attacking women who have abortions and acting concerned for the fetus they call "baby." This is not about abortions, it's about hating womens rights and ultimately hating women.
The papers getting men to write the articles are only showing they want men to control the issue. It's another way of denying rights to womens voices.
niyad
(113,434 posts)Des Moines De Mon
(35 posts)smh