Genders in WALL-E While watching movies or even reading books we tend to associate characters with certain genders depending on how they look, act, and how they are perceived. We tend to do this because it isn’t “normal” for characters to just not have a gender. Imagining a person or character without a gender is almost unfathomable. The concept of no gender is unrealistic and unattainable in the public domain, because factors such as characteristics, personalities, and jobs automatically create a gender. Kate Bornstein discusses the concepts “no gender is all genders” and “gender-as-neither”. These two concepts will generally baffle the typical human depending on their beliefs on genders. This isn’t a concept that humans are capable of
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This job title is automatically considered more of a man’s job than anything else. Woman typically don’t make a living clearing the earth of garbage. Even the way WALL-E is built gives off vibes and evidence of being male. This robot isn’t rounded off and smooth like EVE and is a rusty looking color. Women are viewed as being more smooth and clean. Due to the fact that WALL-E demonstrates the opposite of how woman are perceived, WALL-E would be considered male. At one point in the movie one of the humans actually pointed out WALL-E and said that he knew that little “guy”. This is further evidence of how WALL-E was intended to be interpreted as a male. It is highly unlikely that the producer of this movie “accidentally” slipped up and called WALL-E a guy. This was intentional because even the producers of this film would agree that WALL-E is a male character.
Overtime, EVE and WALL-E seem to have developed feelings for each other. This movie was produced or directed towards younger viewers. Most children are not exposed to a relationship other than male and female relationships. So because it is a children’s movie one can automatically assume that the producers intended for WALL-E to be male and EVE to be female. It wouldn’t seem appropriate any other way. Children raised in a traditional home would not be able to wrap their little heads around these robots both being male or both being
This job title is automatically considered more of a man’s job than anything else. Woman typically don’t make a living clearing the earth of garbage. Even the way WALL-E is built gives off vibes and evidence of being male. This robot isn’t rounded off and smooth like EVE and is a rusty looking color. Women are viewed as being more smooth and clean. Due to the fact that WALL-E demonstrates the opposite of how woman are perceived, WALL-E would be considered male. At one point in the movie one of the humans actually pointed out WALL-E and said that he knew that little “guy”. This is further evidence of how WALL-E was intended to be interpreted as a male. It is highly unlikely that the producer of this movie “accidentally” slipped up and called WALL-E a guy. This was intentional because even the producers of this film would agree that WALL-E is a male character.
Overtime, EVE and WALL-E seem to have developed feelings for each other. This movie was produced or directed towards younger viewers. Most children are not exposed to a relationship other than male and female relationships. So because it is a children’s movie one can automatically assume that the producers intended for WALL-E to be male and EVE to be female. It wouldn’t seem appropriate any other way. Children raised in a traditional home would not be able to wrap their little heads around these robots both being male or both being