Last week, blogger Amanda McCall called attention to Ben & Jerry’s lack of female representation in its ice cream flavors, sparking an Internet discussion about  the ways women are underrepresented in daily life that often go unnoticed. NPR reported that only two of Ben & Jerry’s more than 20 person-named flavors have featured women in more than three decades: “Liz Lemon’s Greek Frozen Yogurt” and “Hannah Teter’s Maple Blondie.” The discussion also called attention to other often unnoticed places where women are underrepresented. A report by the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film released earlier this year found that, of the 100 top grossing films of 2014, only 29 percent of the major characters and 30 percent of speaking characters were women.

SOURCE: NPR