The 1998 movie Mulan was directed by two men (Tony Bancroft and Barry Cook), written by several people (although a large majority are men), produced by two women and a man (Pam Coats, Kendra Haaland, and Robert S. Garber), and music was done by a man (Jerry Goldsmith). Despite the large presence of men involved in the production of this movie, Mulan confronts several stereotypes.
In the first scenes of Mulan the stereotype of subservient women, good housewives, and beautiful women who are married off is immediately is present. When we meet the heroine of the movie she conforms to the Asian race appearance, she has the common sexual identity of heterosexual, she is able-bodied, and she is young. However, upon second look, Mulan goes against the Asian culture of how women are supposed to be: Mulan is a terrible housewife, clumsy, and has a hard time being subservient. She only tries to fit in to the stereotype in order to please her parents. When her father is drafted into the military, however, Mulan confronts the gender box. She cuts her hair short, joins the military, becomes a strong woman who is capable of fighting, develops a sense of independence, and learns how to follow her own beliefs as opposed to the beliefs of society.
In the first scenes of Mulan the stereotype of subservient women, good housewives, and beautiful women who are married off is immediately is present. When we meet the heroine of the movie she conforms to the Asian race appearance, she has the common sexual identity of heterosexual, she is able-bodied, and she is young. However, upon second look, Mulan goes against the Asian culture of how women are supposed to be: Mulan is a terrible housewife, clumsy, and has a hard time being subservient. She only tries to fit in to the stereotype in order to please her parents. When her father is drafted into the military, however, Mulan confronts the gender box. She cuts her hair short, joins the military, becomes a strong woman who is capable of fighting, develops a sense of independence, and learns how to follow her own beliefs as opposed to the beliefs of society.