{
  "id": 14823791,
  "title": "In animated films, nonhuman characters are still overwhelmingly male",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/in-animated-films-nonhuman-characters-are-still-overwhelmingly-male",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-16T00:00:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-10-animated-nonhuman-characters-overwhelmingly-male.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Female protagonists in animated films have come a long way over the past several decades. Take the 1959 movie \"Sleeping Beauty\": Soft-spoken and vulnerable, Princess Aurora is cursed as an infant by the evil fairy Maleficent and ultimately saved not by her own wits, but by a prince's kiss.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}