Representation Of Women In Disney Movies Essay

In Representations of Women in World Media, the discussion about the Disney Corporation caught my eye. Ever since I was little, I have always been obsessed with everything Disney, especially Disney princesses. However, as I got old enough to understand the implications behind how Disney movies have been designed, I have realized that even though Disney is a widely known franchise, they don’t exactly represent the right things to their audience. For example, before a couple of years ago, Disney movies didn’t include women of color. Even though this misrepresentation has been changed now, Disney still shows “sexualized and exoticized characters” (69). I have often found it strange that Disney doesn't and maybe even refuses to represent a woman who isn't sexualized or exoticized because they may think that if they don’t do these things, that their audience won’t be as big or the movie won’t be a hit. However, I feel that if they were to make a movie, where a princess isn’t sexualized or …show more content…
In it, it shows five of the Disney princesses chatting inside a castle and they are all discussing their problems with/about their husbands. For example, Ariel talks about how her husband is an animal, Cinderella’s husband still drives a pumpkin, Snow White’s leaves her at home with seven little ones, Ariel’s wants her to wear fishnet stockings, and Sleeping Beauty just pretends she’s asleep so she doesn’t have to deal with her husband. Even though this cartoon doesn't depict real life for them, I think it does depict it for women in the real world. These women are forced to deal with whatever their husbands want to do, and are forced to stay at home and do the “womanly” jobs, such as taking care of their children and cleaning, while their husbands work and