More On Media Consumption

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00:00 Literature
05:46 Movies
14:50 Technology
29:33 Gaming
35:20 Pornography
52:41 Conclusion

--------- Literature ---------
Statistica - What types of books have you read in the past year?
https://www.statista.com/statistics/470748/favorite-book-genres-gender-usa/

World Bank - Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)
http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SG.GEN.PARL.ZS

--------- Movies ---------
AVClub - Women still make up the majority of moviegoers, prefer female superheroes
http://www.avclub.com/article/women-still-make-majority-moviegoers-prefer-female-202741

MPAA - Theatrical Market Statistics 2013
http://www.mpaa.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/MPAA-Theatrical-Market-Statistics-2013_032514-v2.pdf

MPAA - Theatrical Market Statistics 2014
http://www.mpaa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/MPAA-Theatrical-Market-Statistics-2014.pdf

MPAA - Theatrical Market Statistics 2015
http://www.mpaa.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/MPAA-Theatrical-Market-Statistics-2015_Final.pdf

MPAA - Theatrical Market Statistics 2016
http://www.mpaa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/MPAA-Theatrical-Market-Statistics-2016_Final-1.pdf

Pew Research Center - After Decades of Decline, A Rise in Stay-at-Home Mothers
http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2014/04/08/after-decades-of-decline-a-rise-in-stay-at-home-mothers/

Pew Research Center - Growing Number of Dads Home with the Kids
http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2014/06/05/growing-number-of-dads-home-with-the-kids/

Gawker - Shocking Statistics: Mostly Women Plan to See Sex and the City
http://gawker.com/393348/shocking-statistics--mostly-women-plan-to-see-sex-and-the-city

Pedestrian - Twitter Shits Itself After Whiny Man-Baby Refuses To Review ‘Ghostbusters’
https://www.pedestrian.tv/entertainment/twitter-shits-itself-after-whiny-man-baby-refuses-to-review-ghostbusters/

ET - Melissa McCarthy Responds to 'Ghostbusters' Online Haters: 'I Just Hope They Find a Friend'
http://www.etonline.com/movies/189895_melissa_mccarthy_responds_to_ghostbusters_online_haters_i_just_hope_they_find_a_friend

Washington Post - Thanks, guys: Going to see the all-female ‘Ghostbusters’ is now a political act
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/thanks-guys-going-to-see-ghostbusters-is-now-a-political-act/2016/06/02/6f36ac62-2822-11e6-ae4a-3cdd5fe74204_story.html

Hollywood Reporter - Box-Office Analysis: Why the 'Ghostbusters' Reboot May Haunt Sony
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-analysis-why-ghostbusters-911836

--------- Technology ---------
Statistica - Share of Android vs iPhone mobile owners in the United States as of May 2013 by gender
https://www.statista.com/statistics/271204/android-vs-iphone-mobile-owners-gender/

Apple Confidential 2.0 - The Apple III Fiasco
https://books.google.com.au/books?id=mXnw5tM8QRwC&lpg=PA245&pg=PA41&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false

Fortune - Apple Wins Clone Suit
http://fortune.com/2009/11/14/apple-wins-clone-suit/

PCWord - Apple Wins Court Victory Over Mac Clone Maker Psystar
http://www.pcworld.com/article/182218/Apple_Wins_Court_Victory_Over_Mac_Clone_Maker_Psystar.html

CNN Tech - Microsoft hit with $730 million antitrust fine by EU
http://money.cnn.com/2013/03/06/technology/microsoft-eu-fine/index.html

StackOverflow - Developer Survey Results 2015
https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2015

StackOverflow - Developer Survey Results 2016
https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2016

StackOverflow - Developer Survey Results 2017
https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2017

Huffington Post - The Stats On Women In Tech Are Actually Getting Worse
http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/entry/women-in-tech_n_6955940

The Guardian - Google accused of 'extreme' gender pay discrimination by US labor department
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/apr/07/google-pay-disparities-women-labor-department-lawsuit

Vice Motherboard - Google Employee's Anti-Diversity Manifesto Goes 'Internally Viral'
https://motherboard.vice.com/amp/en_us/article/kzbm4a/employees-anti-diversity-manifesto-goes-internally-viral-at-google

Vice Motherboard - The company has responded to a document that went viral within the company.
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/vbv54d/google-on-anti-diversity-manifesto-employees-must-feel-safe-sharing-their-opinions

New York Times - Google Fires Engineer Who Wrote Memo Questioning Women in Tech
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/07/business/google-women-engineer-fired-memo.html

Hjernevask - Episode 1: The Gender Equality Paradox
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVaTc15plVs

--------- Gaming ---------
The Guardian - 52% of gamers are women – but the industry doesn’t know it
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/18/52-percent-people-playing-games-women-industry-doesnt-know

Fade to Black - Gender Preference in Video Games
https://archive.is/WPPon

Flurry Analytics - Love, Courtship and the Promiscuous Male Mobile Gamer
http://flurrymobile.tumblr.com/post/113382029630/love-courtship-and-the-promiscuous-male-mobile

Nielsen - Mobile, eSports and VR Expand and Increase Engagement
http://www.nielsen.com/us/en/insights/news/2016/mobile-esports-and-vr-expand-and-increase-gaming-engagement.html

MCV - Brand Map: 14% of Mass Effect players are female
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/brand-map-14-of-mass-effect-players-are-female/092141

--------- Harassment And Stress ---------
Pew Research Center - Online Harassment
http://www.pewinternet.org/2014/10/22/online-harassment/

Business Insider - Half of the sexist harassment women face on Twitter comes from other women
http://www.businessinsider.com/half-of-the-sexist-harassment-women-face-on-twitter-comes-from-women-2016-5

Pew Research Center - Key takeaways on how Americans view – and experience – online harassment
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/07/11/key-takeaways-online-harassment/

Gallup - Don’t Worry Be 80
http://www.gallup.com/poll/124655/dont-worry-be-80-worry-stress-decline-age.aspx

--------- Pornography ---------
Fight The New Drug - Sex Before Kissing: How 15-Year-Old Girls Are Dealing With Porn-Addicted Boys
http://fightthenewdrug.org/sex-before-kissing-15-year-old-girls-dealing-with-boys/

Plan International
https://www.plan.org.au/

Plan International - Australia Annual Financial Statements 2016
https://www.plan.org.au/~/media/plan/documents/annual-report-2016/annual-financial-accounts-fy16pdf--adobe-acrobat-pro.pdf?la=en

Wikipedia - Spice Girls: Wannabe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wannabe

Metro - The meaning behind Spice Girls’ Wannabe has been revealed – and you’ll never listen the same way again
http://metro.co.uk/2015/12/18/the-meaning-behind-spice-girls-wannabe-has-been-revealed-and-youll-never-listen-the-same-way-again-5573191/

Wikipedia - Madonna: Material Girl
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Material_Girl

Pornhub Insights - Golden Age Of Porn Hub
https://www.pornhub.com/insights/pornhub-age

Womens Health - How Often the Average Woman and Average Man Masturbate
http://www.womenshealthmag.com/sex-and-love/masturbation-study

Psychology Today - The Reality of the Male Sex Drive
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/cultural-animal/201012/the-reality-the-male-sex-drive

Vox - Proof that Americans are lying about their sexual desires
https://www.vox.com/conversations/2017/6/27/15873072/google-porn-addiction-america-everybody-lies

The Telegraph UK - Women are either bisexual or gay but 'never straight'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/11977121/Women-are-either-bisexual-or-gay-but-never-straight.html

--------- Face Sitting Protests ---------
Independent - A long list of sex acts just got banned in UK porn
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/a-long-list-of-sex-acts-just-got-banned-in-uk-porn-9897174.html

The Guardian - Face-sitting protest outside parliament against new porn rules
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/dec/12/face-sitting-protest-outside-parliament-against-new-porn-rules

The Guardian - Bound and gagged: the women urging a repeal of the porn laws
https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2014/dec/05/pornography-laws-regulation-sexual-activities-banned

The Guardian - The UK pornography law: a scientific perspective
https://www.theguardian.com/science/brain-flapping/2014/dec/05/uk-pornography-law-scientific-perspective-children-safety

The Guardian - I’m no fan of the porno-industrial complex but these new rules are unworkable (Suzanne Moore)
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/dec/03/im-no-fan-of-the-porno-industrial-complex-but-these-new-rules-are-unworkable

New Statesman - Why I Was Wrong About Men (Suzanne Moore)
http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/feminism/2016/09/suzanne-moore-why-i-was-wrong-about-men

--------- Conclusion ---------
Sydney Morning Herald - Coalition to unveil details of $100m domestic violence package
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/coalition-to-unveil-details-of-100m-domestic-violence-package-20161027-gsc59f.html

CNBC - Female CEOs are still extremely rare in the US and Europe
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/25/female-ceos-are-still-extremely-rare-in-the-us-and-europe.html

Daily Mail - The pay's OK but the hours stink: Pair become Britain's first female SEWAGE apprentices
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2449512/Pays-OK-hours-stink-Meet-Britains-female-SEWAGE-apprentices.html

ABC - Blind recruitment trial to boost gender equality making things worse, study reveals
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-30/bilnd-recruitment-trial-to-improve-gender-equality-failing-study/8664888

Statistics Canada - Average hours usually worked
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/71-222-x/2008001/sectionh/h-hours-heures-eng.htm

The Verge - I don't care if you landed a spacecraft on a comet, your shirt is sexist and ostracizing
https://www.theverge.com/2014/11/13/7213819/your-bowling-shirt-is-holding-back-progress