Is Disney Sexist?

Disney is the animation studio loved by children all around the world. It seems it would be right that as such a widespread media, they should set the example to their young audience. It's surprising, though, that Disney is actually pretty sexist.

It seems Emma would be pretty mad

The female characters in many of the Disney movies are pretty generalized.

They are dependent upon the lead male characters. Most of the time this is when the girls are princesses or royalty waiting for their "Prince Charming". Here are some examples:

BASICALLY ALL THE OLD PRINCESSES

1. Snow White: Snow White waits until her Prince Charming saves her from the poisoned apple. The only thing that saves her in the end is basically her good looks. 

2. Aurora(a.k.a Sleeping Beauty) is cursed because another woman despises her and again, has to wait for her "true love's kiss". 

3. Cinderella is another "girly" character, waiting for her life to become better, waiting for the Prince to fall in love with her and save her from her miserable life. The Prince doesn't fall for her because of her hard working-ness or her kind nature, hell no. She's just pretty.

Yet her dream comes true because...fairytales.

4. Ariel : TBH, Ariel is the worst of the lot. She risks her life and changes her physical appearance just to get the attention of a man SHE JUST SAW FOR A FEW SECONDS. How stupid can she get? The original story is even worse; she changes her appearance, and then when the guy doesn't love her back, she just decides to die. Stupid, much?

5. Belle : Belle is somewhat better off than the rest of the lot, but not much. She saves the guy, but still, the only reason the Beast like her is because she's pretty. Also, Gaston, the antagonist of the story only wants to marry Belle because "she's the prettiest girl in town". (Though in this vhis little girl shows the sexist Gaston a piece of her mind. KUDOS!)

Come on, Disney, all your stories are pretty stupid. Why don't you have a princess fall in love with an orphan guy? Oh wait, that's Aladdin. Ok, let's talk about that movie.

6. Jasmine(Aladdine) : The first attempt that Disney ever made to make the female royalty and the guy not a prince. Jasmine, seems headstrong and not your normal "Disney Princess", right? Well, no. Jasmine is REQUIRED to marry someone of "her royal status" because of her family rules, even if she doesn't like them. Then, of course Aladdin turns up as the hero and saves her at the end.

Ok, so this isn't entirely Disney's fault. The stories are usually not original, and the original stories were written when it was still acceptable to make the women dependent of their men, when the women's place was in the kitchen. So we can't blame Disney for trying to go along with the story. In fact, they actually made some attempts to get rid of the issue.

For example, in Frozen, the sisters show that princesses don't need a prince to solve their problems. (Although I can't give Anna credit for falling in love with "someone she just met")

Yeh....No.

So... Is Disney sexist? Yes and no. Yes, the movies show it but it's because that's how fairytales are. And as they are showing effort to fix the problem, we'll forgive them, yes? (We still love you Disney)