Gender Stereotypes in Disney Princesses’ Animated Movies: The Case of Cinderella (1950) and Beauty and the Beast (1991)

Abstract

By the turning of the mid-twentieth century, animated movies became one of the main entertainment sources for children. They also turned out to be the main resource through which young boys and girls build their identity and knowledge, and thereby start associating each gender with its appropriate roles, putting the initial stones on the foundation of their education....