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**huerta** · 07-03-2012, 02:34 PM

Boo to you and your lack of perception.

This IS yet another social engineering flick with a heavy message centralized around female independence and obsolescence of men. Once again in a children's movie, viewers are shown the ineptitude of men while the female characters are displayed as strong, independent heroines. Several times the movie alluded to the King himself being nothing more than a figurehead with the Queen making all the decisions. The men were brutes. The women were civilized.

The ginger girl doesn't want to marry any of the male suitors, shuns girlish clothes/etiquette and preaches acceptance. All in time for the much touted month of pride.

This movie, like all Disney movies, has an agenda hidden just under the surface. It wasn't as 'in your face' as, say, some of these commercials and tv shows that show men as bumbling and women as virtuous but it's there.

I took my son to see the movie. I didn't think about it until your post, but you're right. They made the male suitors look incompetent, ugly and stupid. I agree it was a male bashing movie. There was even a part where there was a big fight, including the king, and the queen had to sit there and wait for them to stop their childish behavior.

The queen arranged everything and simply told the king about it - such as the arrangements to bring the suitors in to arrange the marriage for their daughter. Subtle...but it was there. And I didn't even think about it until I read your post.

07-03-2012, 02:34 PM	#17
huerta Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 579 Senior Member	Boo to you and your lack of perception. This IS yet another social engineering flick with a heavy message centralized around female independence and obsolescence of men. Once again in a children's movie, viewers are shown the ineptitude of men while the female characters are displayed as strong, independent heroines. Several times the movie alluded to the King himself being nothing more than a figurehead with the Queen making all the decisions. The men were brutes. The women were civilized. The ginger girl doesn't want to marry any of the male suitors, shuns girlish clothes/etiquette and preaches acceptance. All in time for the much touted month of pride. This movie, like all Disney movies, has an agenda hidden just under the surface. It wasn't as 'in your face' as, say, some of these commercials and tv shows that show men as bumbling and women as virtuous but it's there. I took my son to see the movie. I didn't think about it until your post, but you're right. They made the male suitors look incompetent, ugly and stupid. I agree it was a male bashing movie. There was even a part where there was a big fight, including the king, and the queen had to sit there and wait for them to stop their childish behavior. The queen arranged everything and simply told the king about it - such as the arrangements to bring the suitors in to arrange the marriage for their daughter. Subtle...but it was there. And I didn't even think about it until I read your post.
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