Just Like the Way Cartoon Animals Look

Just Like the Way Cartoon Animals Look

When it comes to cartoons, what defines the difference between a male child and a girl if the character is an animate being? Moreover, is there a demand to clearly ascertain the graphic symbol's gender anyway? Plainly, the studio executives behind the nigh popular cartoons think that it's crucial, but the portrayal of female animal characters in cartoons is giving some people a serious headache.

Just a few years ago, there were even articles on pop news and entertainment outlets suggesting lists of drawn female characters that "sparked" someone's "sexual enkindling". "I feel like I'm not the just one who would have this as their drawing crush," one person wrote while talking most Jessica Rabbit.

Patently, when it comes to the question, people are divided into two groups: one group has had enough of "sexy" cartoon characters, while the other group finds nothing incorrect with it. "The way I handle this is I remember it's all fictional and I shouldn't take it every bit a nature documentary," one person wrote on Twitter. Cypher wrong with that, but when other Twitter users started posting examples of sexualized cartoon animals, it was apparent that there was a pattern.

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Recently, one Twitter user pointed out a weird pattern they noticed while watching animated movies

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The user argued that anthropomorphized characters that are female are given exaggerated features

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"Been watching more animated movies lately and I go [wild] every fourth dimension the fauna designs are like this," Twitter user slimyhipster wrote upon sharing a drawn flick of a male and female design of a grapheme. "Like okay, there'south always been criticism of fantasy species and the females e'er wait like recolored human women versus the males that look similar bodily cool monster designs," the person continues. "But this… when they're based on *real animal species* and the differences between male and female are non similar this. Contend for "stylistic selection" all you want but when the consistent blueprint trait that is used across the lath for animated female creatures is boobs and eyelashes and then nosotros have a problem."

Before long enough, other users on the platform were quick to share the examples they witnessed themselves

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Nigh of the cases involved a heavily sexualized female grapheme

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Someone mentioned "the sexy lady goose" from the 2004 pic "Balto III: Wings of Alter"

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And characters from the 2022 anime "Seton Academy: Join the Pack!"

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But 1 of the most disturbing cases was the duck from Marvel's 1986 moving picture "Howard the Duck"

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Someone posted two deer from Open Flavor (2006) every bit a side-by-side comparison

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One user mentioned the female characters in "Ice Age" (2002-2016) every bit well

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Besides, Angelina Jolie'southward character in "Shark Tale" (2004)

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And many others

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Surprisingly, at that place was already some research washed on the topic. Katia Perea, a Ph.D. of folklore, writes in her paper: "Disney'due south pedagogy and gender coding set the stage for the princess master narrative that has come to exist associated with animated women; immature, thin, demure, attractive, orphaned heroines and their beautiful fauna friends who passively await rescue from an unknown prince."

"This image fitted into Disney'southward feminine triptych, perpetuating heteronormative gender coding in the course of the princess, the witch, and the fairy godmother. To compete with the overwhelming appeal of the symphonic Disney fashion of sentimental and cute, rival Warner Bros. animators transformed their cartoons into a cacophony of the surreal. Whereas Disney portrayed its immature women equally conservative and beautiful damsels, Warner Bros. portrayed them as sexualized broads and dames," she continued.

"These feminine characters' gendered demarcations were shown through sexualized attributes such as breasts and curves, every bit well as feminine clothing, hairstyles, and long eyelashes. Although Warner Bros. women differ from Disney in their sassy attitude and overt sexual appearance, the message remains the aforementioned: women be equally the male object of desire. Disney'south damsels, like Snow White and Cinderella, reinforced domestic gender roles whereas Warner Bros.' sarcastic and sexy dames, like Petunia Pig or Bugs Bunny in lingerie elevate, reinforced women's objectification and, at times, like the girl cat existence chased by the male child skunk Pepe Le Pew, violence against women," Katia argues in her paper published back in 2022.

Yet, at that place were some who didn't have a problem with the animated pattern of females

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At that place were people who argued that it's better when the female is "prettier and more colorful"

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To illustrate the point that it's not essential to give exaggerated features to female person characters, Twitter users shared expert examples seen in cartoons

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Someone mentioned an animated picture from the 1970s, "The Aristocats"

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And the fish parents from Finding Dory (2016)

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Kitty Softpaws' character in "Puss in Boots" (2011)

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And ii people shared Kung Fu Panda (2008) as a dandy example of anthropomorphized designs

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Naturally, huge discussions like these sooner or later on always retreat to jokes

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Which were quite spot on, actually

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And were mocking large studio execs

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Just Like the Way Cartoon Animals Look

Source: https://www.boredpanda.com/male-and-female-animals-in-animated-movies/