The Olaf effect: Woke scientists claim female animals, monsters, robots and magical creatures are ‘underrepresented’ in children’s cartoons

Woke scientists claim that female animals, monsters, robots and magical creatures are ‘underrepresented’ in children’s cartoons. 

From Frozen’s Olaf to Mike Wazowski in Monsters, Inc, many of the most loveable characters in children’s cartoons are non-human. 

But experts from UC Berkeley point out that the majority of these characters are portrayed as male. 

In fact, in some popular movies, such as Disney’s Moana, female non-human characters have no screen time at all. 

Dr David Bamman, who led the study, said: ‘I think our research is so important because it exposes the gender disparity that exists not only within movies broadly, but even within animation.

‘It shapes

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