"Leave the Sewing to the Women"

It's sexist, it annoys me a lot and whenever I'm watching that movie and get to that line, I have to resist the urge to turn the movie off. Like, if it weren't for that line the movie might be higher on my list, seriously. Also, the line kinda makes me dislike that mouse. I liked her besides that line.

And I don't think she was trying to get them to leave, in movies when people (or mice) are tricking others we usually have some indication. But this has like no indication that it was anything other than a dumb sexist remark in a time when sexism was common and accepted.

And as for the remark itself, it's demeaning to BOTH genders. Men can't sew, women are supposed to do the sewing. I'm sure there are a bunch of men in the world who can sew better than I can, and I sure as heck don't want to 'leave the sewing to the women' in any way, shape or form.

I always hated this line....I wish it wasn't in the movie. I enjoy sewing, and I know other guys who do as well....plus it's subtly reinforcing certain gender roles. And DONT get me started on gender roles

It's pretty sexist, but it's also sexist to BOTH genders :(
This movie was made in the 50's, where women's rights weren't too strong, so it might not be too hard to find sexist material(especially towards women).
Thank goodness we shaped up all these years.

I think the entire thing is really being kind of overblown here. The film was made in the 1950s, and the facts are simply that women were basically constrained to these roles. You'll find lines/lyrics/situations like this in almost all media from this time period from almost all companies. It's six words that are over in an instant and barely even noticeable in the flow of the song. And even then, she was telling Jaques and Gus, two particular male mice, to let her and her (female) friends do it on their own, so if you remove the "it was made in a sexist time period" element, I don't think you even have to view it as a statement of gender roles.

I personally think it's fine. I mean, let's be honest, how many men do you know that are good at sewing or that like it? Really, I bet you can't even name one. So basically, it's just usually a more natural role for the women to be the ones that like cleaning (or not like but are better at it) or cooking or whatever. Men usually are naturally more the type for the rough stuff. I'm not saying men are these powerhouses and that women are these ants that can't do anything though. Women just seem to naturally be the type for sewing.

Well, I don't think there is any subliminal message in this scene. It is a fact that women did all the sewing back at those times, so Jaq and Gus would cause problems due to their lack of knowledge on sewing. The female mice's work would be better and faster thanks to their experience. I think that was the point. But then it does show male mice helping, so perhaps the female mouse just wanted to avoid the troublemakers, as you said.

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I'm fine with that line. I mean I think it was a way to get rid of Gus and Jaq...I mean those two don't look like they could help that much. They almost took out a mouse's tail!

A movie from 1950's hmmm...That explains A LOT. if you don't know American History, let me inform you... In the '50s women where only praised as housewives and mothers. They cooked, cleaned and made the children. Few of them had jobs outside the house, but they had "feminine" jobs like secretary. So it's really nothing new coming from the '50s. That's the decade, and that's how women were treated back than. I'm surprised her body was not designed like Yoko's from Gurren Lagann. Meaning tiny waist and big boobs and butt, the "ideal" '50s woman. But it really don't bother me, anymore. It's not a reason to sound sexist but that's how it is.

Is it sexist? Yes! But you can find sexism in all the disney movies if you look hard enough but it's there because of the time period it's set in. I hate the line and it's awkward to explain especially to children. It's a terrible line that I wish wasn't there but it was the 40's and 50's nothing you can do it's not worth fighting over just worth not liking those 2 seconds of the film. I fine with it, just sometimes it makes me cringe

I think it's a bit stupid excatly. Not only for the reason you mentioned but also during any wars that had happened in history after the invention of sewing-for instance civil war, WWI &WWI-men also needed to know how to sew so they could fix their uniforms.

Also in olden days like those if there was a master of a house (we know there isn't) would have needed a valet, and he too would have to have known how to sew.

The line could be viewed many different ways. It could be seen as the 1950's being a sexist time for women, and them not being strong enough to gather the trim. It could be viewed, as the female mice just wanting to do the sewing by themselves, without the 'guys'. Or it could be seen as reverse sexism, that men can't sew as well women.

I don't think too much of it.It's just a lyric.

I never watched Cinderella full way because I thought it was a boring a** movie. I don't really care if they said this or not, they're rats, filthy vermin, I don't think kids growing up are going to take the advice of rats, especially so if she only says it for a millisecond. That's just me, clearly Disney has grown past this and that's cool.