More Sexism..Ghostbusters then and now.....

Here is a picture of The Ghostbusters of my childhood.

Now here's a picture of The Ghostbusters of 2016:

Notice any differences?

Wait? They're ALL women? How can we possibly have a blockbuster movie without a single lead, male character??  And none of them are even hypersexualized? What will the men in the audience do?

Kidding aside, reactions to the  movie and it's all female cast were mixed and, often, predictably sexist.

The old thinking goes that girls will watch shows with male lead characters but that boys will not watch female lead characters. One possible reason for the predominance of male lead characters.

Here's an interesting, and important twitter debate about the casting of this new movie.