The Role Of Patriarchal Ideology In Disney Films

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the images of women approach or reflection theory was the earliest stance in feminism. It is a broadly sociological approach that sees film texts as simple reflections of social reality and criticises films for presenting images of women that are not true reflections of women, but misrepresent women’s real lives but this works to support patriarchal ideology. (Mayne 1994b: 51)

Patriarchal ideology is an idea system that says men are in charge and women are secondary. Women playing a princess in Disney film are examples of patriarchal ideology i.e. being rescued by a handsome prince and getting married.

Molly Haskell outlined a line from what she sees as the veneration of women in silent films to the violence inflicted upon them in films