“Fought and Eisenhauer’s research reminds us that it’s not just how the princesses are portrayed. It’s also important to consider the kinds of worlds these princesses inhabit, who rules these worlds, who has the power — and even who gets to open their mouths. In a large number of cases, the princesses are outspoken by men in their own movies.”

This is largely because, as the article points out, when it comes time to add a minor character with a couple of lines, the default is to make that character male.

Originally shared by Laura Gibbs

You could subtitle my Myth-Folklore class “There’s More to the World than Disney.” Every semester there are quite a few students who connect with the readings for class exactly insofar as they know them from Disney movies (and that includes non-princess movies like Robin Hood and King Arthur and Alice in Wonderland… but the princesses dominate).

quote That’s fine, but are these movies really so great for little girls to watch? When you start to look at this stuff, you have to question that a little bit.

A little bit? Uh…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/01/25/researchers-have-discovered-a-major-problem-with-the-little-mermaid-and-other-disney-movies/?wpmm=1&wpisrc=nl_most