MAN-HATING FEMINISTS ATTACK TOY STORY 3 AS 'MALE-HETEROCENTRIC'

TOY STORY 3 IS CARELESSLY SEXIST AND MAY DAMAGE CHILDREN’: FEMINISTS TAKE AIM AT SUMMER BLOCKBUSTER
　
Mail Online
June 28, 2010
　
It’s on course to be the blockbuster movie of the summer, but there’s one group who won’t be snapping up tickets to see Toy Story 3 when it hits British cinemas next month.
　
Feminists at an influential magazine have accused the film of being ‘carelessly sexist’ and argue it may damage children.
　
U.S. publication Ms claims the seven-to-one male-to-female character ratio is ‘unfair’ and that women are depicted negatively in the movie, from toy owner Andy’s nagging mother to the ‘overly emotional’ Barbie.

The plastic doll is also called a ‘traitor’ in the film for leaving the gang to live with Ken in his dream house.
　
What’s more, the magazine points out that Ken is depicted ‘as a closeted gay fashionista with a fondness for writing in sparkly purple ink...(making) this yet another family movie that perpetuates damaging gender and sexuality norms.

Pairing homophobia with misogyny, the jokes about Ken suggest that the worst things a boy can be are either a girl or a homosexual.’

The magazine also points out that Bo Peep has been dropped for the third installment of the franchise, which took £73 million at the U.S. box office on its opening weekend.
　
According to writer Natalie Wilson: ‘Kids who grow up watching sexist shows are more likely to grow up internalising stereotypical ideas of what men and women are supposed to be like.’

She added: ‘Yes, the film is funny and clever. Yes, it is enjoyable and fresh. Yes, it contains the typical blend of witty dialogue as well as a visual feast-for-the-eyes.
　
‘But, no, Pixar has not left its male-heterocentric scripts behind. Nor has it moved beyond the "everyone is white and middle class" suburban view of the world.’