Monday, March 29, 2010

Sexual Exploitation of Women in Movies: Is Disney Guilty Too?





I love Disney movies! Grew up on Disney...try to keep up on Disney.

Look at the females characters of Disney. I mean, really look at them! Begin with the earlier movies. Much, much earlier... Snow White, Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty.

Female characters, similar features: long, flowing hair... perfect faces... big, round eyes... perfect brows. Perfect bodies. They were tall and thin, narrow waists. Long, flowing dresses and sometimes... showed a little bit of a neckline. (But no cleavage.)

Later, Disney hit the screen with some real "bombshells"! Ariel from The Little Mermaid, Jasmine from Alladin, and Pocahontas. Still beautiful...perfect in every way. But, their costumes........

Look at them: Ariel has only two seashells to cover the entire top half of her body. Yes, she is a mermaid after all. But her naked turso continues until it forms a very low, low, low cut "V", deep below her navel, until the top of her fin begins.

This same, seductive, low cut "V" is fashioned by Jasmine. With her suit pants. They also hang extremely low. And her top is more like an extravagant bra.

Pocahontas has a very skimpy top as well. It mysteriously stays on by only one strap. And her extremely short skirt is slit on both sides. The slit is cut almost to her waist!

These are just a few of Disney's characters. The Disney I love.

Is this what makes them a "family" movie? Something which ALL of us can enjoy? Is Disney just keeping up with the rest of the film industry? MORE FEMALE SKIN!

The film industry is often accused of sexual exploitaton of women. Is Disney guilty too? Perhaps Jessica Rabbit speaks for all these female Disney characters. She starred in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. One of my favorite movies. She said, "I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way."

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