8 Disney movies where female characters share at least half of the dialogue

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Most Disney films are dominated by male voices. Even in movies with female leads, like "Pocahontas" or "The Little Mermaid," male characters often wind up with most of the dialogue.

To figure out the full extent of the gender divide in film, Polygraph's Hanah Anderson and Matt Daniels analyzed 2,000 screenplays, including 30 Disney and Pixar movies.

For the Disney films, they found that male characters overwhelmingly dominate screen time: They have 60% or more of the dialogue in 22 of the 30 films in the study.

Male and female characters speak close to equal amounts — within 10 percentage points of half of the dialogue — in only four of the films. Female characters talk at least 60% of the time in another four.

That inequality is important, since many little girls watch these films growing up and think of the characters as role models. Disney can have an effect on whether girls think that their own voices are valid.

You can read the full — depressing — analysis on Polygraph, but first, check out the eight Disney films where women share at least half of the dialogue.

Note: Next to the movie titles are the percentages of total words spoken by male and female characters.

"Frozen" — 43% female, 57% male.

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"The Incredibles" — 47% female, 53% male.

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"Into the Woods" — 51% female, 49% male.

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