This article in USA Today advises that it's not children who are seen and not heard in movies - it's women.
In a study, while men usually get to blab and natter, with 67% of the speaking roles, women have about half that. In addition, the analysis found women are 'more likely to wear sexy, provocative clothing than men (26% vs. 5%) or to appear partially naked (24% vs. 8%).' Hardly surprising, after all, give us credit - we're not turning on to watch himbos. Well, not all the time, anyway.
However, it was the sexualisation of teen girls in the movies was the most troubling finding to the researchers at Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California.
You can read the full article at USA Today online.