just the links, ma'am, just the links

[chimerically]

Why are there so few girl characters in kids' movies? And what's up with "purity balls" and this obsession with "naive abstinence"? (I actually have some ideas about where the whole virginity obsession comes from, but I'll save that for another rant.)



That is all.

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I was just thinking more about it, remembering more and more female leads, and wondering if that was a strategy ...

I should ask Pixar friends about the gender balance. I imagine it's the usual male dominance in the engineering division. Wikipedia tells me that Ratatoille's screenwriters are female, but it looks like all the top positions are held by men.

I also wonder at the audience demographics of "girl" vs. "boy" Disney movies, and what effect the fairly strong gender stereotyping in most Disney films has ...

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Er, Ratatouille. I knew that didn't quite look right. ;~)