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It's a White Man's World

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Gender has played a major role in history. There has always been a major gap between the roles of men and woman in society and to some extent, that gap still exists today. Women have endured many struggles in order to be where they are today. One can see that through the centuries women have struggled to break out of the mold white heterosexual men have put them in and have become important individuals in today’s society. Although women enjoy individualism, it is not to the same extent as men. This is evident through the sexualization of women, continued oppression and the promotion of male superiority. As is illustrated through the movie, Mickey Mouse Monopoly by Miguel Picker, Thelma and Louise by Ridley Scott and the play, A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen. Even though some equality has been achieved for women in today’s society, it still remains a white heterosexual man’s world. When getting to know someone you should take the time to get to know who he or she is as a person. As it is, what is on the inside that is more important than what is on the outside. One’s view on a person should not be based solely on their appearance but rather the beauty on the inside. True beauty comes from inside, as one can choose who they want to be, whereas you cannot change what you are like on the outside. However, the world we live in sexually objectifies the female body and equates a woman’s worth with her body’s appearance and sexual functions. Instead of appreciating the beauty of within, society portrays women as sex figures not treating them as equal to men. Thus objectifying women and making them seem less worthy then men, making it seem as the only purpose of a women is for male eye candy. (Have When in reality women have just as much to offer to the world as men. In the movie, Mickey Mouse Monopoly the immoral characterization of women as figures for men to look at is illustrated throughout many Disney movies. In Mickey Mouse Monopoly, the false innocence of Disney movies is revealed as the representation of women as highly sexualized characters invades children’s minds. “Children grasp onto the sexiest images from Disney and tolerate it to invade there mind. Allowing it to shape how they want to look” (Picker, 2002). What may seem like harmless entertainment, Disney is actually constructing false notions of what femininity is all about creating an image that appears as though women’s sole purpose is for men to admire. Female Disney characters even animals, present a distorted version of femininity with big breasts, tinny wastes, fluctuating eyelashes, coy expressions and constant seduction. Girls who are watching these movies and trying to figure out what it means to be a girl and what they should look like, will assume that it is only appearance that matters. The characters appearance is almost always the subject of discussion at some point in the films. From Beast in Beauty and the Beast lamenting that such a beautiful girl would never fall in love with a brute like him, to the Fairy Godmother in Cinderella outfitting Cinderella with the dress, hair, and shoes sure to win over the prince's affections, it is clear that image is everything in Disney movies. The focus o

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