Disney Accused Of Promoting "Heteronormativity" By Moonbat Academics

You may or may not be aware of this, but Disney has been accused of promoting "heteronormativity." I kid you not! How? By making movies like The Little Mermaid! And this charge by academics from the University of Michigan! From Lifesitenews via moonbattery: Team of Researchers Blames Children's Films for Perpetuating "Heteronormativity".

Researchers at the University of Michigan have concluded that the love stories told in classic Disney and other G-rated children's films — such as the Little Mermaid — are partially to blame for the pervasiveness of what they label "heteronormativity."

"Despite the assumption that children's media are free of sexual content, our analyses suggest that these media depict a rich and pervasive heterosexual landscape," wrote researchers Emily Kazyak and Karin Martin, in a report published in the latest issue of the Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS) publication Gender & Society.

Kazyak and Martin said they studied the role of heterosexual relationships in several of the highest-grossing G-rated films between 1990-2005.

The results, say the researchers, illustrate two ways that the children's films "construct heterosexuality": through "depictions of hetero-romantic love as exceptional, powerful, transformative, and magical," and "depictions of interactions between gendered bodies in which the sexiness of feminine characters is subjected to the gaze of masculine characters."

"Characters in love are surrounded by music, flowers, candles, magic, fire, balloons, fancy dresses, dim lights, dancing and elaborate dinners," the researchers observed. "Fireflies, butterflies, sunsets, wind and the beauty and power of nature often provide the setting for — and a link to the naturalness of — hetero-romantic love."

These films provide powerful portraits of a multifaceted and pervasive heterosexuality that likely facilitates the reproduction of heteronormativity.

Do you remember when Jerry Falwell took a bunch of flak for insinuating that one of the Telletubbies was gay? (let's just ignore that Falwell said no such thing) I wonder how this will fly with the MSM? My guess? These moonbats will not be subject to the venom spewed towards Falwell for sexually critiquing cartoons.