Finding Nemo: Gender Stereotypes In Hollywood

Gilpatric (2010) uses violence in movies as a way to measure and demonstrate that films are still showing gender stereotypes in the violent women action characters. This is supported by Sternheimer (2003) as she says that even though women seem to be more independent, they are still reliant on male characters which strengthens the common tradition of gender stereotypes in Hollywood. There has been a identifiable trend though that there is a more progressive portrayal of gender in movies in the recent past. This kind of trend is evident in Finding Nemo as Brydon (2009) says that even Disney, has the capacity to steer away from traditional gender roles. This is a big deal because Disney has been known to not divert from the gender troops in the