"We have a saying, 'If you can see it, you can be it,' but in the crucial behind-the-scenes non-acting roles, our 'Women’s Media Center Investigation' shows that what you see is 80 percent of all nominees are men," Julie Burton, president of the Women’s Media Center, said in a news release. "Four out of five nominees are men -- meaning male voices and perspectives are largely responsible for what we see on screen."

¿Puede colgarse ya la institución la medalla de lo políticamente correcto? Ni por asomo: un análisis de la ONG Women’s Media Center señala que la representación femenina en los Premios de la Academia sigue dejando mucho que desear. Fundado por la actriz Jane Fonda y las activistas Robin Morgan y Gloria Steinem, el Women’s Media Center se ha apartado de las categorías dramáticas (donde las actrices tienen reservadas sus propios lugares donde destacar) para fijarse en los premios técnicos y en los correspondientes a dirección y producción. Sus conclusiones: sólo un 20 por ciento de las categorías no dramáticas cuentan con mujeres nominadas, lo cual se queda muy por debajo de la proporción real entre géneros en la industria de Hollywood. Y no sólo eso, sino que también desciende un 2 por ciento sobre la cuota de 2016.

A new study finds the number of females nominated behind the scenes dropped by 2 per cent this year, despite a number of movies that featured strong women on-screen nabbing nominations, including “20th Century Women”, “La La land”, and “Arrival”. According to a report by the Women’s Media Center – co-founded by Jane Fonda, Robin Morgan and Gloria Steinem – only 20 per cent of the non-acting categories featured women.

Despite a slew of films such as Jackie, 20th Century Women, Arrival, and La La Land featuring strong, complex women front-and-center, the number of female Oscar nominees for behind-the-scenes roles dropped at the 89th annual Academy Award nominations, announced Tuesday. In fact, according to an analysis by the Women’s Media Center, cofounded by Jane Fonda, Robin Morgan, and Gloria Steinem, only 20 percent of the non-acting categories featured women, dipping 2 percentage points from last year’s nominations

"In the crucial behind-the-scenes, non-acting roles, our investigation shows that what you see is 80 percent of all nominees are men," Julie Burton, president of the Women's Media Center, said in a press release. "Four out of five nominees are men—meaning male voices and perspectives are largely responsible for what we see on screen."

For all the talk of inclusion in this year’s Oscar nominations, the Women’s Media Center released this eyebrow-raising statistic in a report out today: 80 percent of this year’s Oscar nominees are men. For the seventh year in a row, in the feature-directing category, all nominees are men.

This year, the number of female nominees for the non-acting categories was pretty much abysmal. In a study conducted by the Women's Media Center (WMC), it was determined that 80% of the behind-the-camera nominations went to men. Out of the 189 total non-acting nominees, just 37 of them were women.

The Oscars aren't just so white — they're also so male, according to a new Women's Media Center study. This imbalance in recognition is especially evident when you look at the people behind the camera. The analysis found that within the 19 non-acting categories, 80% of nominees are men, Variety reports. Every single nominee for Best Director is male.

Only 20 percent of the non-acting categories in the 89th Academy Award nominations comprise women and most major categories such as best director and best writer woefully underrepresented women, according to a Women’s Media Center report, released Monday.

A study by the Women’s Media Center found that only 20 percent of Academy Award nominations in categories from writing to editing to directing went to women this year. That’s in spite of the Academy inviting nearly 700 new voting members in mid-2016, including many women and people of color.

According to a Women’s Media Center analysis, female Oscar nominees dropped 2 percentage points from last year’s nominations although hundreds of new members were invited to the Academy over the past year. The last time a woman was nominated for Best Director was Kathryn Bigelow in 2009 for “The Hurt Locker.”

While there were some bright spots in the study — including Ava DuVernay’s nomination for best documentary feature for 13th, and Jackie composer Mica Levi becoming the first female in her category since 2000 — the report highlighted the ways women are underrepresented behind the camera. “We have a saying: ‘If you can see it, you can be it,’” Julie Burton, president of the Women’s Media Center told EW, “but in the crucial behind-the-scenes non-acting roles, our investigation shows that what you see is 80 percent of all nominees are men. Four out of five nominees are men — meaning male voices and perspectives are largely responsible for what we see onscreen.”

In my own field, male bylines outnumber female bylines in almost every major newspaper, according to The Status of Women in the U.S. Media, a 2015 report from the Women's Media Center. Men are quoted in front page stories three times as often as women.