Feminism and Classical Hollywood Disney
In my final term paper I analyzed three Hollywood Disney Films and how they construct and created the gender binaries of females versus males. I used three in class theoretical lenses in which to frame my paper around the ruling class and how the media industry is a male dominated culture through a male set of eyes. Because of this women are displayed as objects and useful tools rather than as people. Classic Hollywood cinema also creates stereotypes and boxes of women that society feel they need to fit into. Films do this by showing girls within certain age of 16-24 and they have small waist lines, perfect hair, always have make-up on and let’s face it they are almost always white. Disney and Hollywood present that in order for females to be accepted by men they must either be like men or be for men. Independence is not an option and if a female wants to be independent then she still will look and appeal to male gaze of sex.