Study finds family films do not portray females equal to males

If you want strong female role models, look at the show NCIS. You've got Kate (deceased ncis agent), a former head of security for the president of the united states on air force one. Jenny, the longest running ncis director, and the only director and woman who is/was an equal match to gibbs. Ziva, a former mossad spy who speaks 13 languages, recently became a u.s. citizen, and a current ncis agent. Then you've got my personal favorite, Abby, a goth chick with a genius IQ who can kick butt one minute, be scared out of her wits the next, and can work every forensic machine known to man (or woman). Add to that, she also knows american sign language and has a mastery knowledge of computers.

Wow; you're just now figuring this out? -_-

Good Grief, has anyone seen tangled? Lets go and created a non existent issue shall we. And I agree with dubs, men are shown as stupid, immoral, , uneducated, morons without any communication skills, unintelligent, bumbling, insensitive morons without any modesty or dignity. I for one am pretty tired of it.

In most family films, the men are portrayed as stupid, bumbling fools who need women to save them from themselves. A refreshing about face was done in Hitch, where Eva Mendes was the bumbling fool, needing to be saved from herself.

Dubs: Because men in movies are NEVER portrayed as strong, moral, confident leaders without the slightest hint of sexualization.

Actually, now that I think about it, I don't think Hollywood EVER portrays ANYONE as strong, moral, and confident without a hint of sexualization. C'est la vie, yes?

One family film that I can think of that fits in with the feminist range are the Shrek movies because not only is the female ratio is considerably higher but also they are not as stereotyped or sexualized. In the films, you have Princess Fiona, Dragon, the Fairy Godmother, the Queen of Far Far Away, the Ugly Stepsister, as well as others. At least in those movies the reason why the male characters outnumber the females is because most of the characters were from the traditional fairy tales in which they were traditionally viewed as male. No one can imagine a female Gingy, Pinocchio, Big Bad Wolf, Puss in Boots, Three Little Pigs, or the Seven Dwarfs. Still, I think the Shrek movies do a fairly okay job a portraying women better than many family films.

Another one I would add would be Finding Nemo in the case of Marlin's companion Dori whose only indication that she is a female is that she is voiced by Ellen DeGeneres. Dori is the main female character in the whole film and one of the only few female characters in any family film not portrayed as a love interest to the protagonist. In fact, because Marlin and Dori are different species of fish, the odds of a romance blossoming between them would be impossible. Not to mention, Dori is also flawed in many different ways such as her struggles with memory and only manages to prove her strengths much later as she and Marlin continue to search for Marlin's son Nemo. Yet, by the end of the movie, it is very clear that Dori proves to be indispensable to Marlin in regards to finding his son.

Oops../wear typo....gotta watch out for the spelling/grammar trolls.

Films and television shows in general don't portray anyone equally.

what about "The sound of Music"? She was a strong sassy Nun defeating Nazis with Music!

I definately think it is important, especialy for childrens shows and movies. One thing I have noticed is that when a woman/girl is stronger than usual she is usually bad. Ever notice that?

One thing that always bothered me is that there are no main female characters in ANY of the pixar movies.