>> geena davis is an official partner of u.n. women. >> geena davis is an official partner of u.n. women. i spoke to her when she was in i spoke to her when she was in new york working on empowering women around the world. new york working on empowering women around the world. >> you have an entire institute >> you have an entire institute in your name that studies gender roles in media. in your name that studies gender roles in media. what led you to this? what led you to this? >> well, >> well, the final impetus was the final impetus was my daughter. my daughter. when she was a toddler i started when she was a toddler i started watching preschool shows and watching preschool shows and kids movies with her. kids movies with her. think because of some of the think because of some of the roles that i played that spoke roles that i played that spoke to women a little bit i had a to women a little bit i had a heightened awareness of how heightened awareness of how women are women are portrayed in the portrayed in the media, so i immediately noticed media, so i immediately noticed that

>> geena davis is an official partner of u.n. women. i spoke to her when she was in new york working on empowering women around the world. >> you have an entire institute in your name that studies gender roles in media. what led you to this? >> well, the final impetus was my daughter. when she was a toddler i started watching preschool shows and kids movies with her. think because of some of the roles that i played that spoke to women a little bit i had a heightened awareness of how women are portrayed in the media, so i immediately noticed that there seemed to be far fewer female characters than male characters that was made for kids. i couldn't believe it in the 21st therapy i thought we should be showing kids boys and girls sharing the sandbox equally. i didn't intend to create an institute around t but i found that nobody else seems to be noticing, none of my friends seemed to be noticing how few female characters until i pointed it out. in the industry, if i had meetings with the studio executives or something like that, i would as

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. >> there was a show called "commander in chief" with geena davis.n't last long. >> they didn't know how to do it then. in some ways we're getting ready psychologically ready for it. or at least the entertainment industry is trying to get us there. if you look at the number of women in the senate in the house of representatives, it's nowhere near the number of strong female characters we see on tv. >> when people get together in d.c. they talk about politics and your show -- >> by the way, can you switch to american right now? >> no. >> i'm looking at you and your leading man and every show i think of seems to have an australian or a british actor. >> a british actor playing lbj in "selma." >> someone said -- actually jake gyllenhaal had this theory that the brits -- the americans are straightforward and up front and say what they think and say it with passion and clarity. >> it makes us boring. >> the brits lie all the time. they repress. they're keeping all these emotions down. they say something else but hiding everything else. it makes them seemi