Disney has often portrayed its princesses as damsels in distress, in need of a strong, handsome prince to rescue them from villainous women. "Frozen" finally broke that mold, but "Fox & Friends" believes it did so by leaving its male characters out in the cold.
"From what we've seen, it looks like 'Frozen' depicts men as evil and cold and bumblers, that's what it looks like. What kind of message does that send?" Steve Doocy, co-host of the Fox News morning show, asked Penny Nance, the CEO of Concerned Women for America.
Nance not only sees such a trend in Disney movies but also in many Hollywood films. She sees these movies depicting men as "superfluous, that they're stupid, that they're in the way and if they contribute anything to the family, it's a paycheck. And that is not true, and it is not good social science."
The CEO of the conservative women's group supports "empowering young girls" and giving them strong, female role models, but not at the expense of young boys also viewing these movies.
"We want them to know they're essential. We want to raise heroes. We want to raise real men that will stick in their families and be great dads and be great providers and great husbands," Nance said. "We want to encourage masculinity and not villainize masculinity."
Doocy ended the segment asking for more "male figures in those types of movies."
