After watching "Mickey Mouse Monopoly", I learned that the
Disney Corporation is controlling children’s imagination at a very young age. The
Corporation starts controlling the minds of kids before they can even speak.
Doing so, Disney constructs femininity notions and shapes kid’s images on how
they should act and what they should look like. Cartoons in Disney movies also
show sexualized content without parents even knowing. Disney hides all these
messages in all of their movies, especially the princess movies. Disney is
known as being innocent all over the world, they don’t make parents think or
pay attention to all of the influences it has on other children. Disney
princess movies like Beauty and the Beast,
Aladdin, and The Little Mermaid give little girls negative messages about
relationships, their bodies, and disobedience.
In the
documentary "Tough Guise" I learned how media has a big impact on the role of men of many races. Someone
who is not tough, strong, or independent, are not considered to be a man. This is
seen in many movies and mostly focus on three major races. These three are
Asian Americans, Latinos, and African Americans. Each race has a certain role
in movies and each is portrayed as men being tough. This gives men ideas that
if they do not live up to those expectations then they will continue to be
considered as a child. This behavior causes men to become violent and
destructive which cause them to be put in prison.
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