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Gender Stereotypes in Fairytale Movies
The Movies
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) Cinderella (1950) Sleeping Beauty (1959) The Little Mermaid (1989) Aladdin (1992) Tangled (2010)
Gender Stereotypes (gender essentialism)
Women
Fragile Damsel in
distress Housewives
Men
Tough Female protectors Heroes
Damsel in Distress??
Heroes??
The Heterosexual Matrix
SEX Male Female
GENDER Masculine Feminine
DESIRE Likes females Likes males
“Some people worry that fairy tales do not give a truthful rendition of life. They fear such stories are therefore unhealthy for children” (Davis, 2009).
“Though the films are magical and fun they do show gender stereotypes and present an idea for young children that the roles of men and women are different than what they are in society today” (Archer, 2008).
Comparison of how male and female are portrayed in those movies and Tangled aka Rapunzel
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Implications for Education
How children perceive gender roles in society?
Teachers’ support for the children in doing critical analysis.
Gender awareness among the students.
Raising questions about the main characters; damsel in distress and heroes.
Implications for Education
Introduce gender aspects; assignment, role, identity, and attribution.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, The Little Mermaid, and Aladdin versus Tangled.
Children have own ideal fairytales.
“Children need to learn that girls can be heroes and boys can help around the house” (Archer, 2008).
REFERENCESArcher, M. (2008, April 16). Gender Stereotypes. Retrieved September 03, 2011, from EzineArticles.com:
http://ezinearticles.com/?Gender-Stereotypes&id=1115363
Azamthebest (2011, April 19). Tangled Part 1 Full Movie [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vOeNFHXjKA
Davis, B. (2009, October 12). Fairy Tales as Children Stories. Retrieved October 02, 2011,
from Beverly's Treehouse: http://infohost.nmt.edu/~beverly/writings/fairytales.html
missashleyfabulous (2009, January 27). The Little Mermaid Ariels Beginning Part 1 [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0g5-nx6A_aM
MrRoshika (2010, December 23). Cinderella Part 1 8 [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNCzXilo9SQ&feature=related
NiGHTSFarrah (2011, June 21). Sleeping Beauty FULL MOVIE [ PART 1 ] [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_qf8IPTq0o&feature=related
SnowHoneyThe2nd (2008, December 01). Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs part 1 [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gWiVs5Q0kc&feature=related
WaItDisneyWorId (2008, May 25). Aladdin - A Whole New World [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVxUUotm1P4