Women in Hollywood are doing worse today than in 1998. Here's proof

50% of graduates in film studies are women. And yet, at the best of times, no more than 19% of behind-the-scenes roles in Hollywood cinema are filled by women.

That 19% was a 2001 figure. By 2014, it was down to 17%.

There isn't much to look forward to in terms of organic or spontaneous growth.

And now Freida Pinto, Queen Latifah, Jessica Chastain and Jodie Foster, among others, have combined forces to try and fix the problem.

Their solution? We Do It Together, a not-for-profit organisation that intends to raise capital to make films with women in roles at par with men.

It sounds like a great endeavour. But it also begs the question, how serious is this Hollywood disparity? Isn't it better to just wait till Hollywood, like all industries, welcomes more women into its fold of its own accord?

The answers, as it turns out, are Very Very. And No.

In 2015, for example, 33% of the 250 highest-grossing Hollywood films made employed 0 or 1 women in important behind-the-scenes roles. 1 in 3 films had close to no women behind the camera.

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In contrast, 1% of films employed 0 or 1 man in the same roles. 69% of films had 10 to 27 men in major behind-the-scenes roles.

In 2014, 38% of films employed 0 or 1 woman in important behind-the-scenes roles.

In contrast, 0% employed 0 or 1 man in them. All films had 2 or more men behind the camera.

Oh, and here's a statistic that made me laugh. 1% of films had a musical score by a female composer.

The worst bit is that nothing seems to have changed since the end of the last millennium. In light of this, We Do It Together becomes that much more critical because data shows that this is a problem that refuses to fix itself.

Here are seven graphs to answer every question you had about How-Bad-Is-Very-Bad when it comes to women behind-the-scenes in Hollywood.