Study of Hollywood films shows men speak and women strip

Although George Clooney boasts that Hollywood is ahead of its time, a new study shows that women in movies still don’t get the same respect as men.

A study of the 100 top-grossing films of 2008 by Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California finds that men had 67 per cent of the speaking parts, while women had only 33 per cent.

Yet actresses were more likely to be shot in sexy clothing (26 per cent of the time vs. five per cent for men) or at least partially naked (24 per cent vs. eight per cent), USA Today reports.

A new study of major movies released in 2008 - like ’Iron Man’ - found that men were more likely to have speaking parts, while women were more likely to be shown in states of undress

The ’Twilight’ movies are part of a trend that sees young girls increasingly depicted in sexual and romantic ways, according to the study