Historically, “gender is one’s sexual identity and the roles that follow from it, as determined by the norms of one’s culture rather than by biology or genetics” (Signs of Life in the USA). Gender has become a social and cultural construct with certain classifications that help us make sense of the world (Aaron Devor, 504). However, society has created stereotypes of what is normal and what is not. This can be seen throughout most Walt Disney films where Disney impacts the youth of society the gender roles that they must portray. The storyline of Mulan sets place in ancient China. The film demonstrates how Mulan disguises herself into a man to take her disabled fathers place in the army. Impersonating someone in war could ultimately have
