Yeah, I'm assuming that she was talking about genre movies & blockbusters, because romantic comedies and Tyler Perry's movies are closer to a balanced ratio. (Even with Perry playing a woman).

That's actually a good point that I forgot to make: Superhero movies are both male-heavy and tend to have shallow characterizations. Even if you did get a 1:1 ratio of men to women, they're not going to be super interesting female characters.

The other thing about that blog post, but not the essay itself, is that they used a photo of Buffy, who's become pretty much shorthand for "Strong Female Character." But while the movie was all about just taking that premise and subverting it, the TV series did everything it could to avoid the Strong Female Character syndrome.