Gender Roles In Disney Movies

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Disney the Beginnings
I found that Tangled to be quite entertaining. The movie included action, romance, comedy it would be enough to keep the whole family entertained. Though, over time Disney films were criticized by the public because of the ethnic diversity. In the year of 1995, Disney introduced Pocahontas and a few years later Mulan was made. Which racial diversity was then added then several years later Disney then released The Princess and the Frog (2009). When I started to look and review the movies I began to wonder if diverse princess had maintain the same qualities as other princesses. Walt Disney was a legend in making of these movies and it seemed that his legacy would live on. However, in which brought questions to the viewers, why didn’t the “white” princess gain any racial awareness?
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There are several princess films and which sold merchandise, and that it was okay the message would tell our girls how to act, dress and how to be. Gender structure within the princes films continue to show how important the movies are interpreted by our children. What type of message are they getting by watching these films? Disney’s princess are shown that female gender roles are obedient and very nurturing. We need to think deeper and ask ourselves are the messages different for the diverse princess?
By observing the gender roles in the Disney princess character have changed from the 1900’s to the 2000’s. When comparing the gender role and the differences between the women of color and the white princesses. The questions does race matter with gender roles that is shown from each of the characters. Through social perspective one of the things that I have noticed is that in the earlier years Disney’s animation on color women appeared to be more

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