How men continue to dominate media and events despite lip-service to gender equality

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A study of 13,000 newspaper articles found the word ‘he’ was the 16th most common word used, with the word ‘she’ only making the 66th spot.

http://www.womensagenda.com.au/talking-about/opinions/item/7435-how-the-word-he-dominates-the-media-and-what-it-means-for-women-getting-heard

And events continue to be organised with heavily male dominated line-ups.

http://www.womensagenda.com.au/talking-about/editors-agenda/item/7437-found-a-tech-event-that-s-more-than-50-female

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/male-speakers-boycott-allmale-panels-to-protest-lack-of-female-representation-20160428-gohb4k.html

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