Making the world safer for women by changing men
Sociologist Michael Messner and co-authors look at the males trying to prevent violence against females.
ONE Archives brings LGBT history to television
Archival materials help tell the story in Amazon’s critically acclaimed series Transparent.
Women take the back seat in international films
Only a third of speaking parts go to women in the world’s biggest movie markets. Learn more in this infographic.
Gender stereotypes persist in films on a worldwide scale
Among nations studied, Brazil had the most gender balance among in film-making teams and France had the least, a USC Annenberg study found.
Messner awarded for his mentorship skills
USC sociologist nominated by doctoral students calls it his most satisfying honor.
Female? These are your chances of getting on film
Women have made big gains in comedies, but they lag behind in animated films and action flicks. Explore the numbers in this infographic.
For females in film, progress is Frozen
New USC Annenberg study finds women filling less than a third of all speaking roles across six years of film content.
What do women want? Here’s what scientists might have gotten wrong
Despite accepted lore, women’s sexual preferences don’t shift according to their fertility cycle.
Changing the climate of discrimination
For many years, Anna Krylov and two other renowned theoretical chemists have monitored scientific conferences for signs of gender discrimination.
USC team presents gender parity study at Sundance
The research documents the gender distribution of filmmakers participating in two Sundance programs between 2002 and 2013.
LGBT archive opens once-closed doors of history
As director of the ONE Archives at USC Libraries, Joseph Hawkins oversees the largest LGBT archive in the world.
A banner day for USC historian
As a young professor in the 1960s, Lois Banner was moved by history. She had no idea at the time that she would play such a vital part in it.
USC center’s new director sets ambitious plans
For La Shonda Coleman, new director of the Center for Women and Men, coming to USC was fate.
Was it really the ‘Women’s Olympics’?
Some hailed it as “The Women’s Olympics,” as the 2012 London Games marked the first time in history that all participating nations allowed women to compete.
Haggis to Receive Scripter Literary Achievement Award
The Friends of the USC Libraries announced that screenwriter, producer and director Paul Haggis is the recipient of the 2012 Scripter Literary Achievement Award in recognition of his contributions to the art of film adaptation.
Equality On and Off the Field
Michael Messner has spent the last 25 years studying the role gender plays in sports and likewise how sports influence society’s views of gender.
Women Play Sports but Not on TV
Even the ESPN Ticker gives women short shrift – 96.4 percent of the information scrolling along the bottom of the screen was dedicated to men’s sports.