The villagers all come together and sing "with her nose stuck in a book, a puzzle for the rest of us is beautiful". Belle is considered abnormal for her whole self. village because she does something intellectual. The villagers call her weird and talk behind her back because she reads. Gaston, the most handsome man in the village tells him “the whole village is talking about it, it’s not good for a woman to read, she quickly has ideas, she thinks”. Disney is sending the message that if a woman reads a book she will have ideas, which to me implies that they don't want women to become more powerful and equal to men. The critical text Becoming a Princess: The Transition from Individual to Sexual Object by Ali Wachutka supports this view. In the article, Wachutka states that this scene conveys the message "that it is not a woman's role to read and pursue intellectual pursuits." This is explained by saying that Disney is arguing that it is not a woman's role in society, that her role is to cook and clean, and that if she were to do something educational or even slightly intellectual, that she is weird and that she would start to have ideas that