After our FTC day, I decided to do a little reasearch about male and female roles in the cinema, when I came across this interesting article.
According to studies, male roles dominating female roles is on the rise, or at least it is in children’s movies. Children are at an important stage where they learn their values, and I’m sure this has some impact in the future decisions they make.
I also came upon this artcle in the Washington Post that wonders why all the main characters in Pixar movies are male.
It’s an interesting conflict when you discuss children’s films. In class we talked about the impact of children’s toys, but we didn’t mention the movies they watch. Are films like the ones mentioned in the articles above going to perpetuate the gender stereotype found in movies for adults?