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To: Augustus Gloop who wrote (3249)	10/30/2002 4:20:18 PM
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Women's lobby blasts sexism in prime time Tuesday, October 29, 2002 Posted: 11:42 AM EST (1642 GMT) Story Tools HOLLYWOOD, California (Reuters) -- The National Organization for Women decried the six major networks as catering to an "adolescent boy's fantasy world" in its third annual report on how women are portrayed on prime-time TV, Variety reports. According to the "Feminist Primetime Report," the six networks employed 134 more men than women in recurring primetime roles and the majority of the female characters presented fell into the "Jennifer Aniston" standard of beauty: "young, thin and white." The study notes that only four Asian-American actresses had substantial roles on primetime. "Network programming sends a distorted, often offensive image of women, girls and people of color brought to you through the point-of-view of white men and boys," said NOW Foundation president Kim Gandy. "Television remains very much a man's world, with women serving primarily as eye candy." More than 80 teams of "feminist field analysts" watched primetime programming throughout spring 2002 and graded them based on the criteria of gender composition and diversity, violent content, sexual exploitation and social responsibility. Five shows earned "A+" marks: CBS' "Judging Amy" and the canceled "The Ellen Show," UPN's "Girlfriends" and NBC's "ER" and the recently canceled "Providence." Grades of "F" went to: ABC's "The Bachelor," NBC's "Fear Factor," and the short-lived, limited run Colin Quinn variety skein "New York Live," Fox's canceled "Titus" and UPN's "WWE Smackdown!" Representatives of several networks said they had not seen the report yet, and therefore could not comment on it. cnn.com