Sociology and Feminism in Disney´s Cinderella and Snow White

About the relationship between women's expression and identity There are many discussions about Disney's movies. Many sociologists and feminists believe that the way the Disney Princess is depicted in the movies has problems due to their domestication and inferior position. These personality and their imaginary roles are considered to be positively related to the historical and social contexts which are revealed at that time. Here I discuss the importance of the two Disney Princesses, Snow White and Cinderella, and compare and contrast their treatment in sociological and feminist frameworks.

Due to the release of Snow White and 7 dwarfs (1937), Disney started the princess phenomenon. In the mid-20th century, they added the story of two princesses, Cinderella (1950) and Sleeping Beauty (1950). Three original Disney Princesses, Snow White, Cinderella, and Aurora reflect expectations of women at that time. It was a domestic housewife, obedient to the male's boss. The second wave of feminism began in the 1960's. We focus on women's legal and social equality by abandoning women who are sexually different and abusive. During this period, women opposed the structure of patriarchal society and rejected the traditional stereotypes of women as housewives and children's holders. The second wave of feminism emerged in the 1990s and inherited the efforts of the second wave, but also faced problems of ethnicity and class.

As a result, Disney's first three princess films reflect the culture that women lack political rights, while lacking long-standing social equality and sexual autonomy. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), Cinderella (1950), Sleeping Beauty (1959) all share the same basic formula. The redemptioner was in love. With its flat, one-dimensional personality, Snow White, Cinderella and Aurora reflect all the characteristics of traditional women's women. They are kind, gentle and always fun, they follow the boss and follow (as Snow White and Cinderella did not complain their stepmother as they proved in forest creatures and fairy friendships) The thing is that they are very beautiful.

Cinderella is golden hair and Snow White is black hair so Cinderella is very different from Snow White. Cinderella talks about a mouse, but Snow White only talks with animals, but animals do not talk to Snow White. Snow White had a poison apple, and Cinderella did not eat poison apple. Someone wants to kill Snow White, but I do not want to kill Cinderella. Batman does not have super power, but Superman has. Superman has a girlfriend, but Batman does not. Batman is wearing a mask, but Superman is not because they can not find his real identity. In fact, they all live in different places. Batman lives in Gotham City and Superman lives in Metropolis. These are some of their different things