5 Reasons why female directors are a rare sight

1) Most of the time it is about "who you know" that is already established in the business and 9 out of 10 times it will be a high powered positional male, females don't really tend to know anybody that is also female in high places that would give them a break through empathy.

2) Their is already apparently a established hierarchy in place in the film industry that has a way of continuation on certain rules about gender superiority, this is putting females off getting into the industry because of expected sexism and objectification. This is a myth( Barthes) that has been around for a long time and females are believing that myth to be the case as such because their aren't any well known female directors.

3) As the usual film needs a big technological crew containing lots of heavy equipment it would require a majority Strong male based group to deal with all the lifting etc, it is widely accepted that it makes sense for a man to be in charge of that as the film crew would respect him more because their are still gender issues about control and authority.

4) Their are very few big name female directors in today's film industry for young pretenders to look up to as inspiration that they could one day be spoken about in the same light as their male director counterparts, they may feel that they will never become a success because those who tried before them haven't becomes ones either

5) The main reason for their being such a lack of female directors is because it is such a heavy devotion to time in their lives and if they are juggling that with a family it is virtually impossible to do both jobs to the maximum level of their ability simply because of the required commitment both bring. Men usually do the directing while theirs wives bring up their child so its an easier schedule for them whereas females who are and will always be linked to motherhood generally don't have the same luxury of their husbands being able to look after the kids while she directs.