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HOLLYWOOD (Variety) - The U.S. National Organisation for Women has decried the country's six major television networks as catering to an 'adolescent boy's fantasy world' in its third annual report on how women are portrayed on prime-time TV. According to the 'Feminist Primetime Report', the six networks employed 134 more men than women in recurring prime-time roles and the majority of female characters fell into the beauty standard of 'Friends' star Jennifer Aniston: 'young, thin and white'. The study noted that only four Asian-American actresses had substantial roles on prime-time television. 'Network programming sends a distorted, often offensive image of women, girls and people of colour 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 prime-time programming throughout spring 2002 and graded shows based on the criteria of gender composition and diversity, violent content, sexual exploitation and social responsibility.
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