Ep. 132: How The Media Fails Women

Guest: Shari Graydon, Informed Opinions

There is still a long way to go before we see women treated fairly in media.

That is according to Shari Graydon of Informed Opinions, which strives to amplify women's voices to ensure women's perspectives and priorities play an equal role in Canadian Society.

She regrets that in 2017, women remain underrepresented as experts in the media, while men provide the lion's share of commentary and analysis. She says, "That is a profound loss, that we are not actively engaging, accessing, utilizing, permitting women to contribute their talents, insights, energies and intelligence to everything we're doing."

Graydon points to the US election as proof that women are still treated differently.

"It's very, very clear that the degree of sexism that operated in terms of the coverage and attitudes generally, reinforced by media about Hillary Clinton's candidacy, are still alive and thriving."

She notes that the more women experts and politicians we see, the easier it will be for all of them to be perceived as competent and treated more responsibly.