Ariel In the little mermaid the example for young women gender role is that women are intelligent,

independent by nature until they begin a relationship. The way the little mermaid captures women in relationships is that of oblivious to submissive roles, and lose apart of their identities. Ariel does have characteristics that set her apart from this role, being her adventure spirit, and wanting live a life outside of the comforts of her water world. Although these characteristics may set her apart, for the majority Ariel is taken over by relationship she chooses to per-take in. Examples of this can be seen when Ariel gives up her most prized possession being her voice, for the prize of having human form. This shows Ariel as being nothing more than a physical object in attempts to find love. The little mermaid shows the male gender role by showing Ariel with the most to lose in the situation, never once did Eric have to make sacrifices in attempts to find love. What really interests me in the movie is the underlying theme of women independence, when Ariel switched from being under the control of her father transitioning to Eric. (Pickett)

Belle The beginning of the Beauty and the Beast you see Belle taking on the gender role of independent, intelligent, and having a adventure spirit. it's not until the introduction of the beast that she symbolizes a much more submissive role compared to her role at the beginning of the film. The film suggests that a intelligent woman can be weak in the presence of a dominating male character. When Belle gives herself up to the beast as a self sacrifice while agreeing not to escape, this may mean that women are able to control males anger, even with this meaning sacrificing their own safety in the process. In my opinion this is a very negative image to portray to the younger audience, for the fact it's stating that if you stay loyal to a abusive man that you're able to fix his problems over time. (Pickett)

Cinderella Cinderella is a Disney film that signifies women in a more submissive state, the message that is being portrayed is in the result of finding love with a wealthy man you will find true happiness. This is no kind of message to be sending to young women trying to find themselves. With the magic, Cinderella transforms from a house keeper to a gorgeous princess and ends up finding love with the prince. This Gender role stigma is creating the image that all woman need to saved by a knight in shining armor, and to be dependent on outside sources. In the song " A Dream is a Wish your Heart Makes." Mainly teaches women by dreaming for your goals, some sense of luck your wish might come true. This is the difference between Cinderella and modern day Disney films, instead of waiting for a dream to come true by finding a significant other the modern day princess makes the effort to find it herself. (ElizabethEngland)

From accorded data it's fair to say over time Disney princesses will be more prone to have dominating characteristics, as well as princes to be more feminine as social gender roles change over time. With evidence it has shown that the princes shown less change over time than that of princesses. The female characters stayed true to their feminine roles, but took on more dominating characteristics more so than male took on feminine gender roles. There's enough evidence to prove that by watching these Disney films that portray gender reversal, they're likely to influence a child's developmental stages, which include social norms and social behaviors to fall into. Disney films can either be a positive or negative influence in the regards of informing young audiences on appropriate gender and social behaviors to be constructed.(ElizabethEngland)

Studies show that the main characters in Disney films show more good nature in terms of how attractive they are, also showing more intelligence, more morals, more likely to achieve their life goals on how attractive they are. Disney is teaching developing youth that current characteristics are out weighed by how attractive you may or may not be. I find it very interesting the fact that In other forms of media the opposite is to be true, that attractive individuals are less likely to be intelligent in nature. In Disney there's a overall theme that attractive individuals are more likely to be happy, and to live a much more fulfilling life than that of individuals with less than desired physical characteristics. By portraying these ideals across Disney films the young audiences are likely to infer only attractive individuals are able to have the happily ever after, and in many cases this is not a true statement. With the increasing exposure to media more and more children are developing subjective ideals as their own, with these increasing ideals there's a bigger need for therapy in response to gender stereotypes.

There has been studies showing that there's underlying forms of aggression in Disney films, whether it be physical or verbal attacks. For each attack done in a Disney film there's either a punishment or reward system for their acts. When studying both types of aggression portrayed in Disney films we must research the motives for the attack, also if children are able to analyze these actions to imitate themselves. Studies show that Disney animated films shows almost three times more aggressive behaviors than that of regular children's broadcasting, although Disney has high amounts of aggressive behaviors it also acts as a learning tool on other behavioral activities