Monday, October 9, 2017

Gender ageism in movies

Is the average age of actresses getting older in movies? Is Hollywood finding more roles for older women?
I couldn't find a graph to specifically answer this, but  came close: as George Clooney has aged, his love interest in each film has stayed young, while Scarlett Johansson has had love interests consistently older than herself and consistently about the same age.






If a lead actor is older, they are much more likely male:



In relationship science, men are attracted to younger women, while women like older men.



Although their "preference" shows a bigger age difference than the actual relationships they end up in:






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