Who do "Inception," "Transformers" and "The Muppets" all have in common? I was scratching my head on that one. All three movies are examples of "the Smurfette principle," explains Anita Sarkeesian of the blog Feminist Frequency. "The Smurfette principle" is a common trope in movies and TV shows that try to be palatable to male audiences by having an ensemble of nearly all male characters with one token female character, who is oftentimes uber-feminine (Miss Piggy) or super hot (Megan Fox) or otherwise unthreatening.
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