Women represent more than 40 percent of the world's workforce and over half of its university students. They make most consumer purchases, and they turn out in large numbers to decide U.S. elections. Yet men still dominate the centers of financial and political power - as well as the media limelight. How much does one influence the other? In other words, are women underrepresented in the boardrooms of business and the backrooms of politics because their economic influence is underplayed in news and entertainment? Does the industry actually perpetuate the problem by failing to portray them as newsmakers, market-moving forces and political drivers, as well as experts and opinion makers? And can this change as long as women remain a minority in newsrooms and other media?

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