Sexism In The Film Aladdin

A New, Fantastic Point of View
At surface Aladdin seems like a film with strong female characters and race representation (That of indian culture), looking deeper reveals the film is ridden with subliminal classist and sexist undertones. This essay is going to talk about those messages, how they come across, and how they affect society today.
Lets begin with sexism. Jasmine is presented as a vocally independent character. She, unlike other disney princesses, is fleeing from palace life and the idea of marriage. Yet this is also the only disney movie where a princess is being forced to marry, not because the law demands it, but because her father believes she needs someone to take care of her after he is gone. In the end of the film her father changes the
Yet the focus of the movie is whether or not he is the man Jasmine wants. Later in the film Aladdin reveals he no longer wants to be the sultan, that he wants to stop pretending to be something he’s not. He selfishly chooses to focus on himself, and not the masses of starving people right outside the palace walls. In the end Aladdin only becomes the next sultan so that he can marry Jasmine. Once again the poor masses are forgotten and never again addressed. When the sultan changes the law at the drop of a hat to make it such that Aladdin can marry Jasmine, it's apparent that there is no system to keep the sultan from making any rule he wishes. It’s also even more appalling that he has made no laws or rules to help keep peace among the people. It almost seems as if he is fighting against them with the palace guards. In certain aspects the film also glorifies poverty. It shows Jasmine pretending to be poor having adventures with Aladdin. Jasmine wishes for poverty in the beginning of the film. In reality, no one wants to be poor. As soon as they get into trouble Jasmine rushes back to being a