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In animated films, nonhuman characters are still overwhelmingly male
Female protagonists in animated films have come a long way over the past several decades.
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Female protagonists in animated films have progressed, exemplified by Princess Aurora from the 1959 “Sleeping Beauty,” who is portrayed as soft‑spoken, vulnerable, cursed as an infant and rescued by a prince’s kiss. Despite advances for human heroines, the study highlighted that nonhuman characters in animated movies remain predominantly male.
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