*High school graduates n=493; Some college education n=378; Full college education n=221; Postgraduates n=128.
The question was phrased by the source as follows: 'Thinking about the classic James Bond movies from the 1960s, 70s, and 80s…how offensive, if at all, do you think the classic James Bond movies were when it came to portraying each of the following groups? Please select one option on each row.'
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Attitudes to treatment of women in old James Bond films U.S. 2019, by education
The statistic shows the attitudes towards the portrayal of women in classic James Bond movies in the United States as of , broken down by level of education. Whilst just ** percent of respondents who had graduated from high school but who had not pursued further education said that they found the treatment of women in classic James Bond films very or somewhat offensive, among postgraduates this figure amounted to ** percent. James Bond movies from the , *** and *** are often considered notorious for their poor treatment of women and minority ethnic groups, and the topic is often explored by academics and critics.
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