Women and girls are scarcely present either on screen or behind the scenes in Academy Award-nominated movies, according to a new USC Annenberg study that analyzed Best Picture Oscar contenders from 1977 to 2010

A new study by USC Annenberg researchers Stacy Smith, Marc Choueiti and Stephanie Gall surveys the top 100 grossing movies of 2009 and shows Hollywood’s addiction to films that marginalize and sexualize women is as strong as ever