We live in a world surrounded by beauty. Stunning skyscrapers, tall and sturdy buildings. A world that is now equal in all aspects of life, racially, sexually, physically. However, it can be said that this is not the case with the media. Beautiful women were portrayed as weak while hideous women were characterized as evil. This essay will explore sexual inequality in the Disney films The Little Mermaid, Twisted, and Cinderella. The Little Mermaid, a Disney film created in the 1950s. A story based on a mermaid prince who dreams of being part of human society. However, her almighty father forbids her from doing so. This is a classic example of how sexual inequality is portrayed in Disney films. Throughout the exposition of the film, the father and his trusted companion Sebastiano clearly state how Ariel is too cute and too weak and is unable to defend herself. This is clearly evident when King Triton said, “You are forbidden to go to the surface. It's too dangerous, someone might see you” This quote supports the idea that Ariel is too weak and needs to be protected. To further support my point, just a few lines later, King Triton orders Sebastian to monitor Ariel's actions as a form of protection. Sebastian must report to King Triton and inform him that his youngest and prettiest daughter is safe. This supports my point because it exemplifies how Disney films portray young, pretty women as extremely weak to the point of needing to be supervised at all times. Moving forward, in every classic Disney film, if the villain is a woman; it is common and somewhat expected to imagine her as extremely horrible and try to be wonderful. This was clearly seen in The Little Mermaid. Ursula, the main protagonist of the film... middle of paper... portrayed as ugly and seeking beauty. Finally, every princess in Disney films is depicted as needing to be saved. It's like this in the film Cinderella too. She spends most of her time locked in the tower and acts as a housekeeper. She wishes to be saved and freed from her duties by her stepmother. While she wasn't your typical thrift, she still needed to be released. In the Disney film Cinderella, she exemplifies sexual inequality. They did this by portraying Cinderella as weak, evil women as ugly and beauty-seeking, and as if the princess needed saving. Most Disney films show sexual inequality. This was evident in the three films The Little Mermaid, Tangled and Cinderella. Every princess in every movie has been portrayed as cute and weak, evil women have been characterized as ugly and thrive on beauty, and lastly, how every princess needs to be saved.