Lion King Gender Socialization Analysis

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Socialization is defined as process by which individuals acquire the knowledge, language, social skills, and value to conform to the norms and roles required for integration into a group or community. Gender socialization is defined as the process of learning the social expectations and attitudes associated with one 's sex. Lion King is an good example where the Simba and his parent’s Mufasa and Sarabi are often shown as together as a family. In the Harry and Tonto film, the Tonto Cats appears to be around a similar age but their status appears to be evil and important to the plot since they often collaborate together. As what Marisa Peralta stated, she said that she can see the impact on kids when a movie about to get released, as well as all of advertisement that was being promoted on other companies. When childrens see stuff on disney films that inspired them to act like the way they believe is real, or haven’t grasp the reality that it is just a movie. They would often time plead for a toy that represents a character in the film and idolize it. School are meant to be obey their teachers, be punctual, etc, but with kids being brainwashed, it’s difficult for them to counter their behavior and correct them because of the powerful advertisement being shown. As the CEO of Walt Disney, Michael Eisner, he once stated “To make money is our only objective”. This is a powerful statement that show that they really don’t care what …show more content…

For gender socialization, most of the female characters are portrayed as very feminist, sexualized female body that contains big breasts, small waists, their eyelashes are fluttering and their seductress that make men to sexually attracted to them. Males are shown as dominant, scary due to their big size of chest, arms, and their facial expressions that signify them as