In/dependence of men and women in four Disney productions and their social impact

Abstract

Considering the impact, both in society and in people development, of certain cultural contents seen from gender perspectives and specifically fiction characters and musical narratives, four children’s animation films with great social repercussion are analyzed through an analytical-interpretative methodology, with a sociocritical nature. The results show an image of man as independent, but generally negligent, and of women with traits of both dependence and independence, and at the same time, from the male point of view, reductionist feminine stereotypes, especially of sentimentality or fragility. The study concludes that these aspects should be taken care of if promoting equality between men and women in the social construction of future communities.