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Feminism and Cartoon

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Yasmeen Yehia, Fourth Year, Political Science Revised and Translated by : Dina Ehab

When you google the concept of Feminism, you will find a huge against her mother desire and her mother started to convince her
amount of theories and definitions and hence the coming lines will that the role of the girl in the society is to be married and so on
not be concerned with the origin of the concept of feminism and and her mother started to interfered in her personal details,
its schools but it will be about the one of the successful teaching her the prober way of sitting, speaking and even eating,
mechanisms of the feminist thought that succeeded to spread which led the girl to go for magic and converting her mother
widely all over the world. And I will feel doubt if someone says into bear but again at the end she could rescue her mother and
that he does not hear about feminism before. convert her back to human-being. She could overcome the
traditional the traditions of her society and refuse marriage from
There is no doubt that the success feminist thought depended on
many mechanisms but what is really exciting is that one of these the three princes that came for her.Despite the difference in the
mechanisms is Cartoon films. Some initiates saying that cartoon stories but both film hold the same ideas as both films talked
films especially Disney films that faced many criticisms from about a girl and her surrounding society that tried to convince
feminists as it is accused of being anti-feminism films and always her that her role is to be married and this girl rebelled those
believes and the restriction of the society; MULAN escaped and
seeks to show that girls are always looking for marriage there are dressed like a man and MERIDA went for magic and both girls
always the pretty cute princesses that are waiting their brave
handsome princes to rescue them and live happily ever after!!! OK succeeded in achieving what they want.
this is somehow right as the cartoon films were at that direction And now read the final part and I am sure that you will realize
but suddenly the second wave of Disney films came out and it was that both were calling for emphasizing the same idea to children
ant-the old thoughts and came full of many feminist believes. the that Girls can achieve more and do what they want by rebelling/
coming lines will include two films that prove my words, the two refusing the traditions of the society and its obstacles by
films are “MULAN” and “BRAVE”. different ways. You have to be aware that feminism is calling
strongly for rebelling against the surrounding reality and
For those who have seen the two films will think that they are
completely different, as “MULAN”was about a normal girl and all destroying all male obstacles that barrier her role in life and
her relatives are busy preparing her marriage and looking for make her role is just marriage and taking care of children.The
suitable husband for her. But what actually happened is that she danger or the seriousness of those thoughts that are grown in
children‟s minds through these cartoon films is that those
escaped and dressed as a male to join the army instead of her old
father as she feared about her father if their something bad would thoughts damage or hit children‟s minds and this is considered
hurt him in the war. Although she rescued all the army and won as the first stone or obstacle in building minds and other
the war, her leader sentenced her to death when he had discovered thoughts are depending on that later.
that she is a girl not a guy but this is not the end as he later on he So please re-watch the same films watched in our childhood
had fallen in love with her that lead to forgiving her and as usual by another eye and point of view and share with me your
he married her at the end. On the other hand “BRAVE”is a about opinions. Let‟s think about the messages held by other films like
the rebellious brave princess that refused marriage and this is “TANGLED” and “FROZEN”.

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