Has Disney evolved and progressed? Has America? Has anyone?
Disney's films started out as stories of white, upper middle-class couples falling in love. Then they created Aladdin, Pocahontas, and Mulan who represent the Middle East, East Asia, and Native Americans. Most recently, Disney's given us Princess and the Frog, Brave, and soon-to-be-released Moana which covers African Americans, Europeans, and Pacific Islanders. So, at first glance, Disney appears to have progressed or at least diversified.
1. Women were best at cooking and cleaning; housewives.
2. Nice women are cheerful and graceful; they should be slim and have small features.
3. The true happiness in a woman's life comes from finding a man to be with.
4. The goal in life is to have a family with one man and woman married.
(We interrupt this program to mention that as of 2:33 AM I am shamed to be an American. No matter how much progress Disney has made or America has made in the last 8 years. Donald Trump's victory in the presidential election has set us back decades.)
In The Little Mermaid and Aladdin, we find some opposition to the patriarchal control.
This was all I could manage for this post. I just can't think about Disney, sorry.
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