Mickey Mouse Monopoly: Gender Stereotypes in Disney Films
Mickey Mouse Monopoly
Gender:
1. There are many gender stereotypes present in Disney films. Some of the most common ones are seen in almost all main characters. The women have big breasts, small waists, fluttering eyelashes, they are also very seductive and use their sexuality to get what they want. Women are seen as weak and being the “damsel in distress.” For male characters in Disney, they are always seen as heroic, tough men, with chiselled chins, outrageous muscles and the perfect overall body. They are always seen as the ideal perfect man. Many Disney movies including The Little Mermaid, The Beauty and the Beast, and Cinderella demonstrate that to be happy, men and women have to have the “ideal” physique.
2. I believe that stereotyping between male and female characters in Disney films is even but female characters face harsher severity of stereotyping. I find gender stereotyping to be more pronounced in female characters because in movies, females are portrayed as big breasted, thin waist, seductive and wearing skimpy to little clothed. For example, in Aladdin, Jasmine becomes very seductive, bats her eyelashes, with breast out, and a coy smile in order to distract someone and get what she wants. Thus creating several notions of what femininity should be. Also, females have it worse because no matter what Disney movie, the men are always considered the dominant ones, while women are still fighting for independence and strength in female characters.
3. The gender portrayals in Disney films have gotten worse over time. In every Disney movie females are portrayed as skinny, big breasted, “weak” women compared to male characters that are stereotyped as the saviors, extremely muscular and strong. We see movies like, Malian, which demonstrates a strong leading female character, but it is at the expense of others things, for example, the oppression in China that is shown in Malian.
4. Hollywood executives are white males because in almost
Gender:
1. There are many gender stereotypes present in Disney films. Some of the most common ones are seen in almost all main characters. The women have big breasts, small waists, fluttering eyelashes, they are also very seductive and use their sexuality to get what they want. Women are seen as weak and being the “damsel in distress.” For male characters in Disney, they are always seen as heroic, tough men, with chiselled chins, outrageous muscles and the perfect overall body. They are always seen as the ideal perfect man. Many Disney movies including The Little Mermaid, The Beauty and the Beast, and Cinderella demonstrate that to be happy, men and women have to have the “ideal” physique.
2. I believe that stereotyping between male and female characters in Disney films is even but female characters face harsher severity of stereotyping. I find gender stereotyping to be more pronounced in female characters because in movies, females are portrayed as big breasted, thin waist, seductive and wearing skimpy to little clothed. For example, in Aladdin, Jasmine becomes very seductive, bats her eyelashes, with breast out, and a coy smile in order to distract someone and get what she wants. Thus creating several notions of what femininity should be. Also, females have it worse because no matter what Disney movie, the men are always considered the dominant ones, while women are still fighting for independence and strength in female characters.
3. The gender portrayals in Disney films have gotten worse over time. In every Disney movie females are portrayed as skinny, big breasted, “weak” women compared to male characters that are stereotyped as the saviors, extremely muscular and strong. We see movies like, Malian, which demonstrates a strong leading female character, but it is at the expense of others things, for example, the oppression in China that is shown in Malian.
4. Hollywood executives are white males because in almost