Thank You, Disney.

Reading all these feminist texts, not to mention listing daily instances of patriarchy has really made me take notice all the implications of gender in society. I knew it existed, but never really thought about how deeply ingrained it is within society. I've begun to notice it more than anything in the media. As "modern" as we are in the western world, there are still many, many gender stereotypes and stigmas all over the place.

Lately, I've noticed every commercial for cleaning products or food preparation is targeted at middle-aged women with children while every car commercial or fast food chain is highly masculinized.

Then there's the TV shows themselves, movies, magazines (both men and women's seem to be equally exploitative), music (rap, obviously) and the list goes on. So if anyone thought before this class that sexism and gender politics didn't have a impact on daily life, then you may have never turned on a TV, read a magazine, a book, or turned on a computer.

As were learning to talk and walk, and tie our shoes just barely beginning to learn the ways of the world and we were left unattended by our parents under the watchful eye of our favorite Disney movie. These movies made us believe the world was a happy place where animals talk and genies and fairy godmothers exist, you can learn to fly all the while singing in tune, we were being molded and influenced by the ideas of gender.

If you grew up on Disney movies like I did, you can probably relate to this.

This one's just for fun:

Guide to Finding a Man according to--no not Cosmo, Disney.

Disney has ultimately taught us the ways of life. to find a prince "pretend you don't care that he's a prince", "Act scared of him" ,"befriend animals" "trust EVERYONE" , "pretend like your dead" and most importantly "Save your first kiss in case of an emergency".

To sum up,

if you can’t sing, are a bad sewer, or hate animals, you may die alone.