From the July 2009 start of the TV data through Fall 2011, the word "women" was mentioned around 10% more than "men." Something happened in Fall of 2011, however, as "women" began to be mentioned from 50% to 3 times more than "men" – a trend which continues through present. The difference decreased steadily through Spring 2015, but then increased and sharply increased in September – October 2017, reaching a steady state that continues through today. A similar pattern has played out in online news, with a similar September – October 2017 shift.
The timeline below shows airtime on CNN, MSNBC and Fox News mentioning "women" vs "men" from July 2009 through present.
And here is the density of "women" mentions plotted as a percentage of "men" mentions over the same timeline.
Here is worldwide online news coverage January 2017 through present.
And here is the density of "women" mentions plotted as a percentage of "men" mentions over the same timeline.
Of interest, this trend seems to have played out in books as well, with the Google Books NGrams dataset showing a marked shift to "women" outpacing "men" during the 1970's and eclipsing men in 1984.
