Gender Stereotypes In Disney Movies

Over the years, Disney has made efforts to make the portrayals of princes and princesses more egalitarian. This means that gender roles have become more equal over time, between the early Disney movies and now. In this article, there was information from a study that detailed different characteristics of the main male and female characters. The table laid out how many characteristics each gender portrayed throughout the movie, both male and female for each character. It is clear in the table that over time, both characters seem to depict characteristics from both genders; as in female characters have become more apt to having masculine and feminine characteristics. I think that one of the most recent Disney movies, Frozen, shows this improvement