Disney Princess

The disney princess Mulan wasn’t the only woman who dressed and pretended to be a man to fight in war. Although Mulan may have been a Disney character, this is something that happened in real life. During the American Civil War, real life women dressed up as men to be able to fight in the war. These women had to conceal the fact that they weren’t men because there were, and still are, people who don’t believe women should be in the military although they are perfectly capable of doing so. Women…

investigate the depiction of beauty in animated Disney princess films and measure the consequences that the portrayal of beauty has on young girl’s individual self-esteem levels. The hypothesis of this study, states that young girls who idolize the beauty standards of Disney princesses will have lower self-esteem levels than young girls who do not idolize Disney princesses standard of beauty. I expected that young girls who have the desire to mimic Disney princesses would have lower self-esteem…

Walt Disney Network has been a part of almost every American’s childhood life. For 35 years, Disney has created animated fairy tale movies that were intended to be child-friendly and create positive images. After, close analyzation it is evident that instead Disney has produced distorted images of racism and segregation in their movies. I have selected the animated film, The Princess and the Frog (2005). In the film, Tiana represents The Other of African American’s in the 19th century. In…

Disney Princesses and the Effects on Child Development Whelan (2012) stated that princess narratives has been key throughout children’s literature. Hurley (2005) stated that fairy tales, such as Disney Princess narratives play a crucial role in shaping self-image of a child. England, Descartes, and Collier-Meek (2011) claimed that Disney Princess films portray stereotypical presentations of gender roles and have several examples of racism and sexism by having almost every princess have large…

Disney has become known for its iconic characters, movies, TV shows and resorts throughout the world and throughout the history. Disney has also become an iconic source for portrayals of society teachings, values and lessons. Society places stereotypes on women that are frequently shown in Disney films, such as princesses being portrayed to show that outward beauty is the most important thing and that they should rely on men for survival and success. Disney has the common theme of presenting…

For decades Disney has been using gender inequity to portray the females and males as princes, princesses, and evil character roles influencing the youth of our world that watch animated movies. However they are not alone. The animated movie making industry has long been known for its gender bias following in the footsteps of long ago written fables, folktales, myths, and fairy tales generalizing stereotypical male and female images from the movie industry and our society in general. The…

The Disney princess series play a huge role in popular culture as these movies are seen by millions of children and adults both all over the world. The Disney princess series have been influential since 1937 and continuing to the present. According to Disney, a princess is a young beautiful girl who has a single parent and requires to be saved by a prince and falls head over heels in love rather quickly, as if her only goal in life is to get married; making it the common format for a Disney…

In most Disney princess movies there are many depictions of feminine roles that automatically sends the message to little girls that they must me gentle, obedient, emotional, etc. The characteristics that are shown in Disney movies do show the differences between the stereotypical masculine traits and the stereotypical feminine traits. These traits are definitely evident in the movies Sleeping Beauty and Mulan. Both of these films have numerous depictions of these traits with the characters that…

Is Disney the Fairest of them all? Once upon a time, Disney was founded. With it came a whirlwind of sparkles, glitter and ball gowns. From Princesses and Princes, to the evil villain and their team, Disney has it all. But… “Mirror, mirror, on the wall, is Disney the fairest one of all?”. Throughout the years Princesses were depicted as sweet, beautiful and helpless, nothing more, which has been seen as anti-feminist. However recent releases from the company have quietened the outrage by many…

surrounded by the idea of being a princess. From watching Cinderella and Snow White, to playing with Barbie dolls, and even being called Daddy's little "princess", this desire is aroused at an early age. We encourage hopeless romantics that wait for Prince Charming to appear on his white horse, ready to sweep them off their feet and free themselves of all their problems. Not to mention yearning to be what media has constructed to be the ideal image of a "princess". For years girls have been…