Sexism, Strength and Dominance: Masculinity in Disney Films

A project on the portrayal of masculinity offered in Disney films

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Masculinity
• Disney
• Sexism
• Dominance
• Violence
• Sociology

[perun1nj]

3:25 - 3:42 you totally missed the point. Mulan passes as a soldier because she proves that she is able to fend for herself, she's strong and physically fit, yes, but her defining characteristic is her ability to think on her feet and her resourcefulness. After all the macho men in her camp failed to retrieve the arrow from the pole, she succeeds by using her mind. All the men witness and respect this IN THE VERY CLIP YOU SHOWED.

[FNGLHR]

Beauty and the Beast itself is all about the beast calming the fuck down and accepting kindness and tenderness and compassion as good endearing traits! Did you expect none of us to remember the movie? Do you htink your audience is so fucking stupid we wouldn't correct you on your downright flasehoods? I give you an F sir, your Essay is loaded with falsities and does at all prove it's thesis that this is what Disney purports.

Go back to english class and actually bother to study.

[gingerisevil02]

Look, I love Disney. Who doesn't?? But there are some innapropiate (sp) messages in Disney films. I for one think he makes some valid points. Maybe he does use some poor examples, like lion king for example, but geeze people you defend disney like someone insulted your child! There are good messages in Disney films, as well as some innapropiate ones. You guys are so stuck in your opinions that you aren't seeing the message. The emprere's new groove scene with the girls I mean anyone care to com

[whattoinvestin]

Mulan was BS!! it was just a Disney movie. Put women on the front lines and see what happens

[yootesa1515]

Fucking stupid. its one thing to be against sexism (Which goes both ways by the way...) but being against masculinity? this is nature... masculinity and beauty is what keeps us going as a fucking species...i don't understand you feminists really... always bitch about equality this... misogynistic that... but the second something happens you curl up and say help 'i am but a woman... most of you feminists just hate the whole idea of sex, and recreation...im pretty sure you hate yourselves. fuck U.

[Wilcofan1121]

most of these are taken way out of context, Gaston is supposed to me a tool. He's the bad guy. As well the fact that in the scene from an emperor's new groove they're showing all his flaws and that he's an egotistical douche. And the point of the film moulan is that women are just as skilled as men, and that it's depicting the way of life in feudal China. In lion king what would you reather have lions do talk about who'll be dominant, because that's not what lions do.

[Rageboyification]

this is the biggest pile of shit ive ever seen. male heroes ? oh wait a second, how many girls are interested in action heroes ?!!?! I guess not as much as boys like it, so why on earth should there be 50 / 50 m/w ratio in movies ? if there are more boys watching , then its only natural to have male heroes ( the person who watches wants to have a connection to the hero)

fuckin retarded topic !!!

[jenny13579]

Oh and it's spelled lesbians you tard :)

[jenny13579]

@bigman1171 did someone's mommy not hug them enough? Or maybe no girl wants to bang you? get the fuck over it, ya loser!

[amayagab]

What about Mulan?

[ebmosier1]

Interesting video. Some good points. But about the climaxes:

Cinderella: Cinderella vs. Stepmother.

Sleeping Beauty: Philip vs. Maleficent.

Little Mermaid: Eric vs. Ursula.

Mulan: Mulan vs. Shan Yu.

(I realize this was made before it, but) Enchanted: Giselle vs. Narissa.

[ImUrFanGirl]

sexism? mulan is one of the most feminist kids movie ever. Disney has always showed female independance at it's era. belle and pocahontas didnt want to marry the big strong "manly man", mufusa was a good father and only showed violence in order to protect his son, what was the point in showing gaston's song belle he was a bad guy he's suppose to be superficial to balance out the theme of love beyond looks in beuaty and the beast.