Research Paper: Source One

One source that I am going to use is “Gender Role Portrayal and the Disney Princess”. In this article, research was conducted for 3 different hypotheses. The first hypothesis suggested that the prince and princess character’s gender role portrayals would vary to their gender. The researchers displayed the characteristics for both masculine and feminine qualities in princes and princesses. In their findings they discovered that traditionally, the princes showed more masculine qualities like acting brave or being athletic, and princesses showed more feminine qualities like being fearful, troublesome, and affectionate. The second hypothesis was concerning how the rescuing actions would vary by the gender of the character. The results showed that the princes did in fact do more rescuing than the princesses did. This reinforced the statement that princesses were portrayed as helpless and powerless. The third hypothesis suggested that the gender role portrayals in the Disney Princess movies would become less restricted over time. The research from this showed that as the years went by, princesses were showing more masculine characteristics, like being brave and rescuing themselves.  It not only gives the data from these experiments but also provides detailed information about the Disney princess movies. This source will provide plenty of information for my paper since it talks about both the past, present, and future history of Disney movies. From its research, it provides how new movies will differ from the “original princess movie.” It doesn’t completely answer my research question but it contains enough information and data that will help me get there.