It's interesting and startling to realize that the article "How to Read Donald Duck" that the majority of the characters have no descendants. Everyone is a either a nephew, aunt, or uncle. I've never noticed it until after I read the article which prompted me to go and find episodes of the cartoons in order to verify the claim. I was surprised to watch it and find that everyone was in fact a uncle, nephew, or aunt. Even more disturbing is the sterotypical images it portrays when giving gender specific personalities to the characters. Daisy is seen as bossy and trying to ruin Donalds fun, while Donald is himself a bully. I can't help but agree with the authors that these negative images can only harm children who watch this and imitate the social order and behavior.
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