Gender Stereotypes Task

This term, we focused a lot on gender roles and stereotypes created and reinforced in media and especially in fairytale and animated Disney films. We were given our task just last week and I made notes just to clarify the task to help me attack the assignment better and with ease. These are those notes:

Task:

Analyse the role that these films have played in creating and reinforcing gender stereotypes

“How disney stereotypes have influenced culture”

Paragraphs

1. Intro
2. Women’s Physical Appearance
3. Women in kitchen/housekeepers
4. Men in general (point out stereotypes)
5. Conclusion

Attributes:

• Personality
• Actions
• Qualities

Roles

• “it is a woman role to do this and a mans role to do this.”

Focus on mainly 2 Disney movies

1. Beauty and The Beast
2. The Little Mermaid

Music Compare and Contrast the movies

Use Text and Quotes from the film

Can quote other sources

Allowed to film yourself

Or record voice in GarageBand & Record a powerpoint

Can hand in Powerpoint, or Keynote, or Video File w/ audio attached 

Start with strongest point and link the paragraphs

The essay must flow

Friday Week 8

Make sure:

• Finish and totally complete a full draft to full extent
• Have linking sentences - Open paragraphs with topic sentence, entire point of statement in para “Disney films a=have a very specific way of portraying women and defining whether they are good or evil”
• You have a bibliography
• Mention the Quote in the task sheet