and she was portrayed as a cookie cutter-house wife who happily handles all domestic responsibilities for the seven dwarves. For example, Snow White has a marked, strong desire to clean the dwarves’ home. Upon walking into their home for the first time, she exclaims, “you’d think their mother would clean!” and while the dwarfs are away, she joyfully cleans while singing, accompanied by her forest animal friends (). By 16, she has already naturally embodied a motherly role to both the dwarves and forest animals. Such feminine traits were revered by women of the time, and they sought to handle domestic roles with bliss, just like Snow White does. In the 1950’s, Snow White’s release was followed by the similarly gendered movies Cinderella and
