someday my prince will come: a feminist critique of women portrayed in disney animation
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SOMEDAY MY PRINCE WILL COME:
A FEMINIST CRITIQUE OF WOMENPORTRAYED IN DISNEY ANIMATED FILMS
By:Arielle Warner
December 22, 2013
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SOMEDAY MY PRINCE WILL COME:A Feminist Critique of Women Portrayed in Disney
Animated Films
Almost every young girl has been exposed to Disney’s
brightly coloured animation, mixed with witty lyrics, and
topped off with a happy ending. Disney has a reputation for
creating the “princess ideal,” which is a representation of
gender that young females should idolize. Disney portrays
women in a negative light and feminists argue that this is
an unrealistic and inappropriate promotion of harmful body
images and a narrow ideal of marriage as a happy ending for
women. During Disney’s establishment, women were especially
portrayed as being domestic, passive, and subjected to the
patriarchal ideals of men. This essay begins with an
analysis of Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, and their historic
appearance as Disney’s quintessential women. With the
resurgence of the “new” Disney woman in the 1990s, including
Ariel and Belle, Disney tries to coincide their modern
portrayal of women with the changing views on feminism.
From a feminist point of view, while these heroines appear
more independent and autonomous than women previously
depicted by Disney, they are stereotyped in an objectified
nature and still represent elements of anti-feminism that
disempowers the female image.
The Walt Disney Company was created in 1923 in Los
Angeles, California and has become one of the largest media
corporations in the world. The major success of the Disney
Company is evident with Disney’s record annual revenue of
approximately US$42 billion in the 2012 financial year (The
Walt Disney Company Reports…). Walt Disney himself is
recognized as an international icon for his contribution to
the animation and entertainment industry during the 20th
century. It is apparent, however, of the
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cultural impact Disney has had upon mass audiences to
transform and reinvent the ideological utopia concerning
political and social issues. “It would not be an
exaggeration to assert that Disney was a radical filmmaker
who changed our way of viewing fairytales, and that his
revolutionary technical means capitalized on American
innocence and utopianism (Bell, Haas, and Sells, 22). Due
to the success of the Disney Company, our society’s constant
emergence into Disney’s ideological world has become a part
of our culture’s common sense. Disney prides itself on
maintaining and promoting this status of innocence to the
point where criticizing Disney is a desecration to the
company’s well-loved reputation by millions of loyal fans.
The amount of people who have grown up, consuming the
messages promoted by Disney films cannot differentiate
between fantasy and reality. Audiences are shown the films
from such a young age that they end up acting as an
educational tool in the development of their adolescent
life. “Disney has so successfully blurred the border
between entertainment and pedagogy that it has become like a
“public school system”” (7). Without the ability of
critical assessment, children grow up exposed to Disney’s
pedagogical power because of their innocence and
susceptibility. Disney’s main target audience of young
girls is especially subject to the influence the films have
on their social upbringing including the social status of
women in society. Disney is so focused on producing films
that illustrate a perfect world that the portrayal of women
in these films becomes a cultural pedagogy for women as the
viewer of these films.
It is interesting to note Walt Disney’s relationship
with women throughout his life, and if these relationships
had any effect on the outcome of his animated feature
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films. Walt Disney’s attitude toward women is contradicting
and very little is known about the subject. Disney had a
lack of experience with women in his early life. There is
only one other recorded evidence of a romantic relationship
Disney had until his marriage in 1925 to Lillian Bounds.
According to Dr. Amy Davis, a lecturer in film studies,
Disney seemed to hold a bi-polar view towards women (Davis,
112). He had a good relationship with his mother who often
put down the patriarchal demands of her husband in favour of
her children. Disney has also stated that he has fond
memories of growing up with his sister, as well as a having
a supportive aunt and grade school teacher. Disney had a
contradictive attitude towards women because he held a
notion of women as either being loving and caring or a
notion of women as being dangerous. Disney came back from
working for the Red Cross in France to find out that the
woman he was dating got married to someone else without
informing him. These bi-polar views of women are evidently
seen in his animated feature films. The majority of films
made by Disney have an innocent, wholesome heroine (like
Snow White) and a wicked female villain (the Evil Queen).
There was definitely a paternalistic value held at the Walt
Disney Studio. Joan Scott, who was hired as a writer by
Disney, notes that there was obvious sexism displayed by the
executives who worked at Disney and they projected their
views upon Walt. When they hired women, they made sure they
hired the “right” women. Meaning, they made sure to hire
someone younger because they thought someone more mature
might be tempted to argue with Disney. Walt Disney does
have a reputation for being chauvinistic due to the
portrayal of women in his films and the paternalism found at
the Disney Studio. Davis states that, “Walt believed in the
over-riding view of women in the
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1940s and 1950s as characterized by such traits as
emotionalism, domesticity, maternal concerns, an over-all
emphasis on beauty and romance” (116). During this time,
women were seen as softer and more delicate. In Disney’s
eyes, he did not see equality among women and men, but saw
them as being completely different. Disney never stated
that these traits promoted female inferiority, but he saw
them as an important function to the needs and goals of men
and masculinity. Without one to support the other, there
would be an unbalance in society. This explains the
portrayal of women in Disney’s films and the endings always
consisting of the woman finding a husband.
In the period leading up to the second-wave feminist
movement, Disney’s female heroines were portrayed as
voiceless damsels, conforming to conventional gender
behaviours. During the 19th and 20th centuries, society
separated and defined the sexes. In her essay “Damsels and
Heroines” Cassandra Stover writes, “These definitions of
what it means to be male or female reinforces stereotypes,
and suggests to viewers that there are proper and/or
appropriate ways to act as a male or female” (Stover, 7).
Women were placed in the role of housekeeper and consumer,
while the males were deemed as the breadwinner and protector
of the family. Snow White and the Seven Dwarves (1937) was
released during the first-wave feminist movement. The
first-wave suffrage movement gained women the right to vote
and introduced them to the labour force, however, feminists
were angry about the traditional femininity portrayed by
Disney’s first princess. Feminists wanted a film about a
hardworking, independent woman, and not a gender
stereotypical housewife.
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The domestication of women is blatantly evident in Snow
White’s persona. In the film, she notices that the cabin is
filthy due to the seven dwarves (men) that inhabit the
residence, indicating the need for the woman to clean up
after the man. In referencing the stereotypical notion of a
female maintaining a clean household for the male when he
arrives home from work, Snow White cleans the cabin so that
the dwarves will allow her to stay with them. She convinces
the animals to help her clean while singing, “Just whistle
while you work, and cheerfully together we can tidy up the
place” (Snow White). The lyrics suggest that Snow White is
trying to convince the animals, as well as herself, that
women should take pride in their domestic role in life and
enjoy cleaning up after the man. Douglas Brode is one of
the very few who writes in defense of Disney. In his book
“Multiculturalism and the Mouse” he states, “In a woman’s
life, housework is equal in value to any labour performed
“in the world” – that, in fact, the home is a part of that
world, and that work done there equals in validity to
anything achieved in an office” (Brode, 179). Firstly,
Brode is gender stereotyping by saying “in a woman’s life”,
alluding to every woman feeling satisfied by doing domestic
work and that housework is solely a woman’s duty. He is
basically stating that women do not need a job because they
should feel fulfillment by staying at home. In reality,
most modern 21st century women do not live or think in that
manner, making this an unrealistic argument. These
stereotypes need to be lessened in the real world to gain a
more realistic view of equating gender roles.
The power of the prince and patriarchal domination is a
defining theme in Snow White and the 1959 release of Sleeping
Beauty. Women were seen as subordinate, while
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the men were given all of the power and assertiveness as
characteristics to live up to. Ironically, in both films,
both men play a very large role in the heroines’ lives and
resolution of the story, yet physically, they are barely in
the film. In Snow White, we only become acquainted with the
Prince twice and he does not speak any dialogue, but in the
conclusion, he is the one who saves the day. We are first
introduced to the Prince when Snow White is singing “One Day
My Prince Will Come.” We are aware that Snow White leads an
unfortunate life due to the Evil Queen’s jealousy of her
beauty. Snow White believes that the only solution to her
problems is in the hands of a prince who will come and save
her from this miserable life. Suddenly, the Prince appears
out of nowhere and sings with Snow White, leaving the
audience confused and curious to whom this person is. Brode
writes, “Prince Charming’s fascination with Snow White – his
ability to at once see beyond the drab surface of her
current existence, appreciating her greater appeal as a
person – qualifies him as an early rendering of Disney’s
ideal male (173). As the audience, we know nothing about
the history between Snow White and the Prince. There was no
dialogue exchanged between the two characters, therefore,
for all the audience knows, this is the very first time they
are meeting. This constitutes a sexual victimization of a
woman by a man’s obsession with physical beauty. The prince
was clearly drawn to Snow White by her singing voice and
beauty and because there was no dialogue spoken by either
one of them, this promotes female passivity to the audience.
Disney is saying that women need not put any effort in
meeting a man because they will come to her. There is a
“framing of women’s lives through a male discourse” (Bell,
Haas, and Sells, 36) throughout the film. Brode states that
Walt Disney’s version of
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Snow White makes her own decisions and is not influenced by
a man. However, both Snow White and the Evil Queen cannot
make their own decision without a male intervention. The
Evil Queen needs constant male approval (the magic mirror)
that she is the fairest in the land. Also, Snow White’s
entire life is dreamt on the hopes that a man will intervene
in her horrible life and take her away to marriage bliss.
The damsel in distress is also distinct in the comparable
storyline of Sleeping Beauty.
Similarly, Sleeping Beauty follows the same model as Snow
White. Released during the second-wave feminist movement,
women were fighting for legal, sexual, family, and workplace
equality. Feminists wanted to see a heroine who could fend
for herself and end up being equal to the prince. They did
not want to see the heroine waiting for the prince to save
her like in Snow White, yet we are fed the same formula.
Instead of portraying a woman with the domestic desire of
taking care of a man, Aurora does not do any work at all in
the film. Aurora is seen in the forest with the intention
of picking berries (but never does) and daydreams the entire
time while singing “If my heart keeps singing/Will my song
go winging/To someone who will find me” (Sleeping Beauty)
hoping that one day she will meet her prince charming. Just
like in Snow White, Prince Philip hears Aurora singing, and
is instantly attracted to her, yet again, reinforcing the
inactivity of Aurora’s character. She does not have to
worry about putting in any effort to meet a man, because he
is placed right in front of her. Brode writes about a
feminist who argues that Disney women do not have the
ability to love freely, but he believes that each heroine
chooses for herself (188). Prince Philip was probably the
first male Aurora had come across since her being isolated
for sixteen years. It is ironic, too,
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that this man is her betrothed since birth. Either way,
Prince Philip is the man Aurora is supposed to marry,
leaving her with no choice for herself. Disney portrays the
idea of girlhood and domesticity as the waiting and dreaming
of marriage and cultural ideals for human relationships.
The scene where Philip and Aurora are dancing in the forest
is dramatically fantasized when the atmosphere shifts to a
dream-like state of them dancing on clouds. This
metaphorically emphasizes the fantasy and unrealistic aspect
of love. Even though Aurora tries to resist Philip at
first, she gives in to her passivity and desires, which
categorizes Philip’s role as the dominant male in the
relationship.
Disney has a reputation of creating male characters
that uphold the role as “alpha-male” and they stand for all
things that are stereotypically patriarchal. The alpha-male
is known for having physical power, social dominance, as
well as status and leadership. With the female heroine’s
inability to act assertively, she has to rely on external
rescues and this makes female subordination romantically
desirable. Prince Philip from Sleeping Beauty is the
definition of a stereotypical leading male character in a
Disney film. He is wealthy, regal, and saves Aurora from
eternal sleep – or does he? Brode argues that Sleeping Beauty
does portray strong, independent women with the depiction of
the three good fairies. He says, “Prince Philip, locked
away in a dungeon by Maleficent, cannot perform his princely
duties without help from the three good women” (189).
Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather, the three fairies who look
after Aurora, are the ones who break Philip’s chains in the
dungeon. They provide a bridge for him to cross over the
moat, they cut through the thorn hedge, and they transform
Philip’s weapon into a magic sword. Philip was ultimately
handed victory on a silver platter and his only use in the
rescue of
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Aurora was to wake her up with true love’s kiss. If the
fairies could provide all the help Philip needed, it seems
like they could be perfectly capable of saving Aurora
themselves. Yet, Disney loves to highlight the male
protagonist’s patriarchal attributes. Even though he was
guided the entire way, Disney needs the stereotypical male
to save the princess in the end.
The “postmodern resurgence” (Stover, 1) of women
portrayed in Disney films began during Disney’s renaissance
era – the era beginning in 1989 where public interest was
restored due to the success of animated films being
released. The recent representations of what Stover calls
“New Wave” Disney heroines may appear to be a positive
change for women fighting for gender equality. However, the
resurgence of these characters in the early 1990s does not
fit with the increase of independent women in our culture.
Audiences seem to still be attracted to the idea of
beautiful damsels. The period between 1960 and 1989 saw no
princess films. Stover writes, “A time of experimentation
in social life as well as in cultural media, this era of
American filmmaking coincided with massive campaigning for
gender equality as well as questioning of previously
unchallenged gendered images” (3). More powerful and
independent women emerged during the second-wave feminist
movement and they would have rejected a film with the
passive princess image traditionally seen in the 1960s. The
Walt Disney Company had to take some time to update the
narrative of femininity in response to demand for social
change. This encouraged their reintroduction in the late
1980s with the “new” Disney female. With the release of The
Little Mermaid (1989), there began a shift to the “New Wave”
Disney woman. This was a major improvement
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compared to traditional representations of women like in
Snow White and Sleeping Beauty. The new Disney heroines appear
more assertive, rebellious, and they constantly crave
adventure, which are traits that can be applicable to the
Disney male hero. In analyzing The Little Mermaid and Beauty and
the Beast (1991), we can see a dramatic change from the
traditional, passive female. However, the “new” Disney
heroines still fulfill the same plot and personality
fundamentals as the traditional females were portrayed.
Stover says, “…the content of the films acknowledge the
gains of feminism, while marketing strategies paradoxically
reverse the message to convey post-feminist ideals” (4).
Disney still continues to reproduce traditional gender
roles, rather than change the existing representations of
gender, which shows a decline in the change of gender
ideology in the Disney Company.
In accordance with the changing views on feminism by
society, the new Disney woman is supposed to be more
autonomous – acting on values that are one’s own. In The
Little Mermaid, the film’s heroine, Ariel, expresses these
feminist ideals of autonomy. Early in the film, she is
presented as a rebellious teenager, always getting in
trouble with her father due to her adventurous nature.
Gradually, her representation as a strong and independent
female heroine shifts into Ariel as a subordinate female
character. Initially, her fascination is with the land and
wanting to leave the ocean in order to be accepted among
people where she is valued for her curiosity and intellect.
She sings, “Bet ya on land, they understand/ Bet they don’t
reprimand their daughters/ Bright young women, sick of
swimmin’, ready to stand” (The Little Mermaid). Yet, she says
all of these things before she lays her eyes on Prince Eric
and suddenly her goals shift from wanting
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independence to wanting true love and a husband. Stover
writes, “The film reorders her goals much in the way post-
feminism reordered American women’s goals” (Stover, 5).
Ariel loses any independent qualities she originally
possessed in order to gain the love of a man. In her essay
about race and gender in Disney films, Vanessa Matyas says,
“She [Ariel] is silencing herself in order to live in a
masculine society” (Matyas, 32). By forfeiting her voice
and body, Ariel is conforming to the patriarchal system.
The only other women in the human world are the housekeepers
and maids, who are of a lower class. Ariel is the only
other woman equal in status to Eric, yet she does not have a
voice. This is metaphorically comparable to women not being
able to speak their mind or make their own decisions. The
“New Wave” Disney heroines are supposed to be a positive
change for fighting gender equality. Women were starting to
be able to express their own opinions and feminists are
angry that Ariel is not forced to be silent; she chooses to be
silent in order to find happiness.
Similarly to Snow White and Sleeping Beauty, beauty is
categorized as the only necessity to finding a husband. At
first, Ariel’s sisters mock her for wanting to live an
independent life. It is only after Ariel abandons the
characteristics that feminists wanted to see in the film,
including strength of will, determination, and being true to
yourself, does she win the heart of Prince Eric. When Ariel
is making a deal to become human with Ursula, the evil sea
witch, Ursula contrives false ideals of women so Ariel will
agree to give up her voice. She says, “You’ll have your
looks, your pretty face/And don’t underestimate the
importance of body language” (The Little Mermaid). She is
saying that in order for women to get a husband, it is
better for them to be seen and not heard. Also,
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the underlying message is that beauty prevails and is the
only means to be accepted into the human world. Ursula
sings, “It is she who holds her tongue who gets a man” (The
Little Mermaid). Ursula, in a way, is a representation of the
anti-feminist archetype character that swindles the feminist
hero into conforming to a masculine society. The act of
true love’s kiss, as we have previously seen in Snow White
and Sleeping Beauty, is the only way to stop Ariel from turning
back into a mermaid. The song “Kiss the Girl” is a song
about giving men all of the power. The shy, silent girl has
to wait for the man to use his power to provide her
happiness. It is disappointing that the film was released
in 1989 when feminism was making its way into popular
discourse. The same messages are delivered in the following
three years with Disney’s next princess film.
In Beauty and the Beast (1991), Disney tries to create a
new type of heroine that would reinforce the goals of the
audience, including feminists that wanted to see a woman who
was in control of her own fate and destiny. The film was
released during the third-wave feminist movement where women
were focused on being successful in the working world. Even
though the heroine of the film, Belle, is more autonomous
than the previous three heroines discussed. Throughout the
film, she possesses the trait of “maternal identity”
(Matyas, 34). Belle dreams of having adventure and wanting
more than the provincial life that she is accustomed to.
However, every effort Belle makes throughout the film is
either to save her father or to save the Beast. Nicole
Sawyer describes Belle as a “victim of oppressive
masculinities in a patriarchal culture” (Sawyer, 9). Belle
is wholeheartedly devoted to her father and supports his
goals rather than having any goals of her own. She puts her
life in danger in order to free her father from
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the Beast. Essentially, Belle has more in common with the
Beast’s servants. Belle’s father puts his work first and
allows Belle to take care of him. Also, the Beast puts his
needs first when his initial goal was to break the spell.
The film’s portrayal of Belle shows that being selfless and
giving is how a woman should act to cater to the men in
their lives. Women should not have to be devoted to men and
it is acceptable to put their own needs first sometimes.
Belle is initially not interested in finding romantic
love as we see when she rejects Gaston’s advances. She is
more interested in being an intellect proved by her love of
books and reading. It is her intellect that is judged by
the townsfolk and she is described as being strange because
she is more inclined toward intellectual pursuits. Belle’s
beauty is more valued by the townsfolk instead of her
intellect and any attention given toward her is based on her
appearance. Gaston does not like that Belle reads because
he believes that women should not be able to think or have
their own thoughts. Yet, the only reason he wants to marry
her is because of her beauty. This promotes beauty as the
main ingredient in gaining the love and affection of others.
The only person Belle can relate to is her eccentric father
and even he shares the same misconceptions of beauty as
everyone else in the town. When Belle says that she has no
one to talk to, her father replies with, “What about that
Gaston? He’s a handsome fellow” (Beauty and the Beast). Notice
how her father talks about Gaston’s appearance and Belle
talks about someone wanting someone to have an intellectual
conversation with. However, feminists argue that all Belle
wanted was to find love, happiness, and a fairytale ending
like in the books that she reads. “Belle is supposedly a
“smart” woman who reads books, but her sense of possible
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destinies for women is based on romances” (Bell, Haas, and
Sells, 133). Belle is known as an avid reader, but the only
book we see her with is about a romantic fairytale.
Feminists also do not like that Belle did not find true love
at the end of the film due to her intellect, but by the
means of her self-sacrificing devotion and selfless love.
She dreams of adventure and exploring the world, yet she
chooses to live a life of being a princess, stuck in a
castle to read all of the romantic fairytales she desires.
Although Disney films are a seemingly innocent form of
entertainment, the deeper messages embedded in the films
prove to be a negative influence on young girls. Henry
Giroux writes about the effects Disney has on children and
he says that these films do more than just entertain. He
writes, “…the role they play as the new “teaching machine”
(Giroux, 84). The lessons we learn as children are powerful
because they inform the way we view the world. They form
the attitudes, values, and behaviours, which carry into the
future. We learn these attitudes at such a young age that
they become second nature and we never think to question
them. The Disney ideology influences young girls’ values
and construct narrowly defined gender roles for girls and
women. Young girls are easily impressionable to this
ideology and embrace these stereotypical cultures, including
the Disney women’s ideal beauty.
The Disney Company has created images of feminine
beauty and youth that are unrealistic and influence young
girls in a negative manner. The production staff in the
early years of the Disney studio was purely male-dominated.
It was their job to create the animated images of the female
characters and women had no voice in the animation process.
Therefore, men had complete power to create the image of the
women that they
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deemed as beautiful. “Cinema has a way of leaving the
images of certain faces and bodies permanently inscribed in
our memories” (Davis, 108). The images of Snow White,
Aurora, Ariel, and Belle are inscribed in young girls’ minds
as ideal beauty. They all have similar features, which
resemble the Barbie Doll figure, including a thin waist and
a large bust. The bodies of these young heroines are
idealized, unconsciously alluding to how women are supposed
to look. Feminists argue that this is unhealthy for young
girls because it promotes an unhealthy lifestyle of body
issues and low self-esteem. In 2012, the Disney-Pixar
release of Brave, showcases the strong female heroine,
Merida. She was specifically designed to shift from
Disney’s princess archetype. In the marketing of the
merchandise for the film, Merida was completely redesigned.
They gave her a smaller waist, a larger bust, fuller lips,
voluptuous hair, and she was stripped of her signature bow
and arrow (Fig. 1) – a symbol that defined her character.
Feminists were outraged with the redesign of Merida because
they were happy with Merida’s character as a positive
influence on young girls, yet Disney reduced her into
exactly what feminists were fighting against. Merida was
not the only one who got a complete makeover. Every Disney
princess was redesigned (Fig. 2), giving them even thinner
features than before, the characters of colour have been
whitewashed, and none of them appear as they were originally
intended to look.
Feminists cannot neglect the negative messages that
Disney is still delivering in their animated films. Once we
begin to analyze these films from a feminist perspective, it
is very hard to stop. Everything begins to look different
and that is what makes feminism so powerful. There is an
apparent evolution of the Disney female image from
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the domesticated Snow White and Sleeping Beauty, to the more
independent Ariel and Belle. Disney attempts to showcase
feminist ideals of self-liberation, yet always reduces them
to post-feminist ideals of love and marriage. Children, as
the target audience for Disney entertainment, are the most
vulnerable to the influence Disney has on their adolescent
lives. Disney promotes stereotypical gender ideals and body
images that children grow up learning from a young age and
it is important that we continue to deconstruct gender
stereotyping. Although the films have developed over time,
very little progress has been made in the messages they
promote, and it does not seem like the Disney franchise is
planning to change their themes in the near future.
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