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Sexism in Mulan

evelynvincible

Quick couple things I noticed in Mulan:

  1. Her jawline changes depending on how we’re meant to perceive her.
    In scenes where she is being feminine (matchmaker, swimming with the guys, revealed in the tent, battle in the palace) her face is very round and her jawline is very curved and smooth. 
     In scenes where she is being masculine (walking into camp, climbing the pole, shooting the cannon, saving Shang), her jawline is more chiseled and angular.
  2. When Mulan is trying to convince revelers that the Huns are in the city, none of the people she tries to warn or convince are women. We see her approach and be rebuffed by two men before she rides directly into the parade to warn the soldiers.
    (Mushu reminds her that no one will listen to her because she’s a girl, but she might have been better received if she had been approaching other women.)
  3. No women are seen in the palace, even though the Huns speculate that the Emperor has concubines. This could easily be explained by saying they are all hiding in the palace, or else outside at the parade, but one would think they’d be seen at least as part of the Emperor’s entourage while he was making his speech.
  4. All Mulan’s army friends except Shang agree to dress in drag to infiltrate the palace. It is never explained where they found high-class womens’ clothing to fit three oddly-shaped and sized men.
    It is also never adequately explained why Shang is not in drag with the others. Is he too cool for that? Did he not trust Mulan’s plan until they were preparing to climb the columns? Would it have been “degrading” or “undignified” to put the love interest in drag?
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I’ve read/re-posted about the jawline before, but I hadn’t thought about the other gender nuances listed here

theaustinstollhaus

1. Her jawline is different because she is sticking it out in her attempt to impersonate a man. This changes from scene to scene to make Mulan look more like a man and not a woman so the audience can see how the soldiers around her would have been fooled.

2. None of the people she tries to convince are women? How is that sexist? If no one was going to listen to her because she’s a woman, how would convincing other women help? Who would listen to them either?

3. I fail to understand how a lack of women in these scenes makes this sexist. You yourself provided several good reasons why they might be hiding.

4. Okay, really? You’re crying sexism because the movie didn’t show where they got the women’s clothing for a one-off gag? Seriously? 
And before anyone cries “misogyny,” this joke isn’t funny because men are wearing women’s clothing or because it’s degrading. It’s funny because, after Mulan spends half the movie impersonating a man, we know see all her fellow soldiers impersonate women… and they don’t pull it off nearly as well.

Mulan is an awesome movie about a kick-ass girl who saves China and proves she can do anything a man can. It has a positive message for girls. If you have to pick apart a movie this hard before you can find a reason to be offended, the problem is with you, not the movie.

Source: evelynvincible