Professors slam Pixar for sexist portrayal of boys in Disney films

ugly_duck · 2014-08-20T11:47:05+00:00

I'm not sure how familiar these professors are with Pixar films. Monsters University is a prequel to Monsters Inc, and Mike Wazowski's story arc follows him to where he becomes incredibly successful despite his height. Sid isn't mean just because he plays rough, he's mean because he also takes his little sister's toys and operates on them.

Nemo, Remy, Flik, Wall-E, Carl, and Russell are all male characters who overcome their limitations to succeed in their respective films.

2014-08-20T12:23:23+00:00

This is silly. Maleficent would have been a much better subject to discuss these issues.

2014-08-20T12:47:30+00:00

Yeah this sounds pretty stupid... being overly sensitive and offended at trivial things like this doesn't really solve anything.

Kathaarianlifecode · 2014-08-20T10:50:31+00:00

What fuckwits.

So, life as a shorter male will be hard (especially in school etc), just as life as a really tall person will be hard.

There are going to be trials and dramas all through life and you have to accept who you are and move on. If your a 5'6 white kid, chances are your not gunna be captain of the basketball team.

And the creators of toy story were probably trying to let kids know it's NOT ok to break your toys etc.

snoopyzanus · 2014-08-20T14:30:09+00:00

I think that critiques of fiction can sometimes provide useful, valuable insights--or, conversely, simply be mental-masturbation, projection, or overthinking; whichever way, that is not the issue here in my view.

I object to calls for fiction to function as a propaganda vehicle (it wouldn't matter if I agreed 100% with the message being promoted).

uncommonman · 2014-08-20T18:16:21+00:00

Don't read the comments on this article...

WomenAreAlwaysRigh · 2014-08-21T08:09:34+00:00

the comments in that artcicle are pretty awful. here too.

WomenAreAlwaysRigh · 2014-08-21T08:11:13+00:00

Yeah. We got a few pioneers in talking about portrayal of boys in the media and then we got a bunch of know it alls "MRAs" bashing them because "thins doesn't solve anything". Progress.

Title	Professors slam Pixar for sexist portrayal of boys in Disney films
Author	cavehobbit
Upvotes	6
Comments	8
Date	August 20, 2014 10:47 AM UTC (11 years ago)
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