Movies' unfair portrayal of males.

• Position: YOUR LIFE

Our youngest children learn alarming lessons about men and boys from the many movies they watch, according to a report released by Academy Award-winner Geena Davis' See Jane program, part of the national nonprofit Dads & Daughters initiative.

"G Movies Give Boys a D: Portraying Males as Dominant, Disconnected and Dangerous" reveals how men and boys in children's films are portrayed as significantly more important than females, more likely to be violent, and less likely to be fathers or husbands. Males of color are depicted even more negatively.

Researched by USC's Annenberg School for Communication, the report states that:

* G-rated movies, whether animated or live-action, are dominated by white male characters and male stories. Male characters outnumber females three to one.

* Men are only half as likely as women to be parents. They are about half as likely to be married or in a committed relationship.

* Just over one-third of nonwhites are parents, compared to more than half of whites.

* Less than one-quarter of nonwhites are married or in committed relationships, compared to 45.3% of whites.

* Males of color are hard to find in G-rated movies. They are 14.5% of male characters, but 35.5% of the U.S. male population.

* Almost twice as many nonwhite men as whites are portrayed as physically...