There are tens upon tens of articles and journals around the WWW which discuss the sexist structures that comprise the plot of Disney feature lengths. Instead of allowing those to affect my opinion by reading them, I have chosen to instead discuss the topic based on my recent cinema trip in which I viewed the Rapunzel based Disney feature length the recently released Tangled.
Similar to every Disney movie prior to Tangled, it is the attractive ladies - in this case Rapunzel - who eventually wins the battle of good VS evil and once again, it is the unattractive individual (OAP Gothel) who is shown to be evil character. As is to be expected from Disney, the soon to be princess is unable to defeat the oppositional evil alone -she needs the aid of a strapping man.
In regards to this animated feature that man is Flynn the thief whose job it is to protect her and ultimately free her, which he does buy cutting off her magical hair (something she would probably have done herself a long time ago if only she had the smarts!) If Flynn had not stumbled across her in her tower then she likely would have never found any independence, let alone the pseudo-independence she gains from leaving the tower hand in hand with this MAN.
Conclusively, they go through the standard nuptials, presumably take several honey moon Caribbean holidays together and then settle down in a palace, leaving Rapunzel overwhelmed by her lot. What else could a Disney girl; expect for herself? A masters degree? Ha!
The aging Gothel and Rapunzel's real mother (who does not speak) are the only other two female characters in the film which only aids the ideology that the kingdom is a man's world!
The slightly questionable gender restrictions of Disney feature lengths aside, I am still eagerly anticipating the time when I get to take Florida holidays That is what! That's what Orlando holidays were intended for!
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