When you realize that Zootopia can also be about misandry (as well as racism)...

BCRE8TVE · 2023-05-25T18:02:59+00:00

The point people miss about Zootopia is that it's not about racism or sexism or any of that.

It's about prejudice.

Racism and sexism and whatnot are all examples of prejudice based on a certain defining trait or characteristic.

Zootopia is a great analogy for sure because it can be used to demonstrate so many examples of prejudice in so many different situations.

Predators are bigger, scarier, stronger, more "violent", and display "traditionally predatory behaviour". Every single one of those arguments have been used by feminists against men.

The prey fear the predator minority despite the predators being a minority, and in today's society women enjoy far more services and support than men do, and men are far more isolated and lonely, and enjoy far less legal support and legal protection than women. The parallels aren't hard to make.

Zootopia is my favourite movie, because it has a no holds barred perspective on how everyone can be prejudiced.

It doesn't have a political message ham-fisted down peoples throats saying "prejudice against prey bad".

Nick was prejudiced. Judy was prejudiced. Bogo was prejudiced.

It was a story about how people interact and the consequences of those prejudices on one another. It doesn't say "you're a horrible person for having prejudice", it simply acknowledges that prejudice is something basically everyone absorbs from society around us, but we, as in everyone, have to be able to recognize them and work on them.

There was no moral grandstanding, no hypocrisy, no virtue signaling, just a realistic look at a world with prejudice, the consequences of it, and that we all have work to do to make the world a better place.

"Judy Hopps: When I was a kid, I thought Zootopia was this perfect place, where everyone got along and anyone could be anything. Turns out, real life is a little bit more complicated than a slogan on a bumper sticker. Real life is messy. We all have limitations, we all make mistakes, which means, hey, glass half full, we all have a lot in common. And the more we try to understand one another, the more exceptional each of us will be. But we have to try. So no matter what type of animal you are; from the biggest elephant, to our first fox, I implore you: Try. Try to make the world a better place. Look inside yourself and recognize that change starts with you. It starts with me. It starts with all of us."

The movie flat out acknowledges that it is not simple, it is not easy, it is not an" us vs them". It's something everyone has to do, and nobody is morally better simply for having a bit less prejudice. Judy thought she was good because she wasn't prejudiced like her parents, but she still was.

She was also the victim of prejudice repeatedly, and that didn't stop her one bit from being just as prejudiced in return.

This is something feminism fails over and over and over to address and acknowledge. Far too many basically say that prejudice and sexism against men is by definition impossible, which just goes to show that they're basically enshrining and deliberately creating prejudice.

Zootopia is my favourite movie for a bunch of reasons. Fun fact, the model for Judy Hopps has 2.5 million fur strands, while Elsa had 400,000 strands. A single mouse in Zootopia had more computer generated hair strands than the entire cast of Frozen.

amakusa360 · 2023-05-25T18:43:10+00:00

Zootopia was ahead of its time. It showed how the elites sow artificial tension to divide and conquer the populace.

D_Luffy_32 · 2023-05-25T20:15:55+00:00

As someone else excellently said, zootopia shows all kinds of prejudice. The reason why it works especially well for men's issues is that Judy receives flak for trying to be a bunny cop because she's so small (a woman) but in reality she still passed all the same tests everyone else has to do which allowed her to be put on the force. Unlike in real life where they want to change the requirements to fit those who struggle to do it. Over time she realizes she has a prejudice against predators (men) that's so ingrained that she subconsciously fears her own predator friend. A friend who like most men in real life are put in a situation that if you treat someone as if they are let's say, a sneaky cheating fox, they'll start acting like it. Getting called and treated like a monster long enough and you'll start to believe you are one and start acting that way.

When you realize that Zootopia can also be about misandry (as well as racism)...

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Title	When you realize that Zootopia can also be about misandry (as well as racism)...
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Date	May 25, 2023 5:06 PM UTC (3 years ago)
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