It's not just MK, there is much more emphasis on boys toys, games, shows, etc. When I was like 6 or 7 I thought only boys could do certain things simply because there was not enough female representation for me to see a girl like me doing stuff. I don't see the problem with empowering young girls - even if it is a pirate. Jack Sparrow is still there for the little boys to be represented by.
Except that the Red Head is arguably the most memorable part of the ride already...I seriously doubt anybody wants their children to dream of being a narcissistic, arrogant and greedy pirate. Up until Depp was added to the ride, the count was strongly female led attractions...Snow White...with a commanding 1 attraction to none lead. /sarcasm
Im fine with representation, but if anything, and the surveys confirm, there is very little of interest for boys at MK...Universal seems fine eating that demographic up.
As I stated, the representation argument is really a bad argument when it comes to a park where there is virtually nothing that specifically genders its protagonists and the one male lead one is very much an anti-hero.
When you hit Epcot, the only human protagonist rides are Frozen and JII...I don't know of any little boy that dreams of becoming Nigel Channing.
The Studios have Aerosmith...I think that counts. Who doesn't want to be Aerosmith?
AK has no rides with human leads...maybe Dinosaur? Every kid dreams of being that guy who screws up everything.
Its really insane that when you look at WDW all together there are very few rides with a defined protagonist and even more rare where they are specifically gendered. On the entire property, you, definitively, get two rides lead by human princesses and zero rides with male leads (but one male anti-hero and one scientist who tries to stop you).
Its just a really bad argument to make, not because it isn't an important thing to discuss, but because there really isn't a place for it in a park that specifically avoids gender based rides as a matter of course.
