Re: Too Few Animated Women Break the Disney Mold

The article Too Few Animated Women Break the Disney Mold by Susan Riley states that Disney has created a mold for animated women; they're attractive, curvaceous, innocent and usually dependant on male characters. Riley's opinion is rather clear on the matter: she believes that this stereotypical mold needs to be broken. She wants the world to see how many different ways women can be portrayed. Although I'm all for women's rights and obliterating typical stereo types, I disagree with her blaming the typecast purely on Disney. Disney adapts the majority of its animated films from children's stories. These stories describe the main character as pretty or beautiful and how the character reacts to males and life. Disney is simply recreating the story based on the description given by the author. Also, as horrible as it may sound, people react better to a movie when the main character is attractive. They wouldn't be as drawn to the film if an unattractive female were to have the lead role. Disney isn't saying that unattractive women cannot be succesful and have their own storytale. They're simply just trying to sell movie tickets.