Ms. Stacy Abbott
WP#3
April 26, 2013
Women and Femininity in Disney Films by Karie Bundy The Walt Disney Company was founded on October 16, 1923 by Walt and Roy Disney, and has grown to become one of the largest media conglomerates in the world. Disney’s goal is to create and provide families with the best entertainment experience, but in doing so they are misrepresenting certain topics that are inappropriate for children. The way Disney presents women and femininity in their films needs to be changed, because female characters use their extremely erotic figures, and their coy seductiveness as a source of power, and female characters always needing to be saved by a man is a message that is being portrayed that is hazardous to …show more content…
Bridget Whelan 23-24), which means that it was better for her to be seen and not heard and even better not there at all. Snow White was born of wealth, but because of her wicked step-mothers longing to rule the kingdom and be the fairest in the land, her wealth was taken from her and she was forced to work as house servant. Snow White doesn’t let her misfortune get the best of her, because she has been taught that she will be rescued by her knight in shining armor and saved from her dreary life as a servant. When Snow white feels that she is in danger she decides to run away, when she has run as far as she can, she comes across a cottage that is home to the seven dwarfs. The dwarfs allow her to stay with them and to thank them for their generosity she is compelled to clean for them, which is conveyed in the lines “…Now you wash the dishes, you tidy up the room. You feed the fireplace, and I’ll use the broom” (Mickey Mouse Monopoly) this statement conveys that snow white’s natural instinct is to be a homemaker and take care of people, and she does this by doing what she has been trained to do which is cooking, cleaning, and taking care of children. Eventually Snow Whites step mother poisons her and she is thrown into a deep sleep, and the only thing that can wake her is a kiss from her true love. Snow White is awakened by the kiss of Prince Charming, and she rides off with him to be married and live happily ever after. This movie sends a message to young girls that however bleak their lives may seem to be their prince will come to the rescue and take them away from their situation,