Science
In animated films, nonhuman characters are still overwhelmingly male
Source: Phys.org · Published
Female protagonists in animated films have come a long way over the past several decades. Take the 1959 movie "Sleeping Beauty": Soft-spoken and vulnerable, Princess Aurora is cursed as an infant by…
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