We still have a long way to go in such a misogynistic industry. But the discussions that we are having on social media and in politics, about the equal representation of women, which wasn't happening when I started out, is definitely changing things.
What was so exciting for me about Wakanda and seeing 'Black Panther' was how incredible the women were in it.
The more women serve in executive office, the more confidence they gain in themselves and that voters gain in them.
There are very few women in the Senate and very few mothers.
When I look at most lineups, especially in country, women are definitely lacking in numbers.
When I first ran for office in 1980, there weren't that many women running for office.
I have always been interested in gender politics, so I'm not that keen on doing things that don't represent a truth about women.
There aren't a lot of movies being made about women, period. Most of the time, the roles that are available are the sidekick, the friend, the girlfriend or the wife, and they just aren't that interesting.
One of the big problems in Dail Eireann is the lack of women.
I don't think that the feminist movement has done much for the characters of women.
I think male authors who want to try to tackle these issues of representation of women can generally do a better job if they try to question traditional notions of masculinity and the sort of toxic nature of traditional ways of presenting masculinity.
People in magazines are 50% bimbo and 50% pregnant women.
It's disconcerting that there's been this weird business model focused on teenaged boys, and it comes with a completely unexamined social cost. I hope there's an awareness happening to create an audience habituated to seeing women as they really are, rather than just a masticated shadow.
Should 50 per cent of Telefilm's projects be helmed, produced, or written by women? I think so.
The problem of sexism is getting better, but I don't know if it's getting better fast enough. We see more roles for women that don't entirely revolve around the way in which they function in a man's life, but typically those women are almost always white, and even then, there are only a few of them.
In 1947, the year Clinton was born, there were no women serving in the Senate.
In terms of having the American people look at the court and think of it as being fair and appropriate for our nation, it helps to have women, plural, on the court.
There's not a lot of positive role models of women in newspapers and magazines. I think it puts pressure on girls. They think that the image put out, it's the way you have to look.
I know there are fewer women comics, and I think there'll continue to be an inherent sexism in many industries, comedy being one, just because things do take a while to evolve. Things are changing, but it's going to take time. I accept this rather than getting angry about it.
I hope Barack Obama puts another woman on the Supreme Court. And this time, I hope it's a woman with kids.
Women have a better understanding of social issues, and better representation gives them an opportunity to address these issues.
Audiences want to watch heroine-oriented films, and even writers are writing scripts for women. I am very happy to see this change.
I don't like the fact that there are so few women in rap.
Heartless retouching should not be the chosen tool to represent women in the beginning of this century.
A lot of times [in the movie industry], women are relegated to playing the wife or girlfriend or daughter.
