This seminar discussed the not just gender in animation but the deeper context of gender representation in art throughout history. Women have been for a very long time been poorly represented due to the patriarchy that we live in. Animation for a long time was heavily male dominated. Women were therefore not well represented however I would say that this is not because of the animators but the time they were animating in.
I feel our society has entered a plateau in social equality were improvement on representation has reached a stagnation point. Women are recognised better than they once were but there i till a patriarchy present. Whilst this happens there will always be animation that poorly represents women however I do feel that animation has gotten a lot better at representing gender. Animation has the potential to change social perceptions of different groups of people however I think animation representing groups better is likely to hinge on the direction our society moves in.
I feel the main point about this seminar was not just about gender but representation in general. We as creatives have a duty to help improve how society sees different groups and minorities. When designing and writing we should consider how we are representing other people out and are subconsciously redistributing negative prejudices held in our society
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