Forget the measles outbreak, Katy Perry's sharks or even President Barack Obama's latest budget: The Disney flick Frozen is apparently one of our society's biggest concerns—this, according to Fox News.
In a segment airing on Fox & Friends on February 4, which is now making the viral Internet rounds, host Steve Doocy expressed his concern over what he calls "the Frozen effect": a term for the film's supposed efforts to turn women against men.
"Are movies like the Disney smash-hit about an ice queen and her sister empowering our girls by turning our men into fools and villains?" the 58-year-old television personality asks before the video cuts to a clip from the wildly-popular animated flick which shows Kristof saying men pick their noses as well as Hans revealing his evil plot against Elsa.
"From what we've seen, it looks like Frozen depicts men as evil and cold and bumblers, that's what it looks like," he says in response to the clip before deferring to his expert, Penny Nance, the CEO of Concerned Women for America, and enquires, "What kind of message does that send?"
Nance, who is the head of the organization, which according to their website, is a "US coalition of conservative women which promotes Biblical values and family traditions," was in agreement with Doocy's remarks and went on to blame the media for any male bashing.
"It's not just Disney; Hollywood in general has often sent a message that men are superfluous, that they're stupid, that they're in the way and if they contribute anything to the family, it's a paycheck," she said. "And that is not true, and it is not good social science."
She continued, saying we should raising "real men" who are "heroes," before tying her argument to the 2012 Aurora, Color. shooting.
"We don't have to empower women at the cost of tearing down men," she said, "So I would say to Disney, 'Let's be honest, it's important to have both a mom and a dad, men are essential in our society.
"I was just looking back at Aurora, Colorado and this great guy...was the guy that threw his body over his girlfriend and took a bullet and saved her life," she continued before adding, "We want to raise real men. We want to encourage masculinity and not villainize masculinity."
Doocy's response?
"It would be nice for Hollywood to have more men in those kinds of movies as heroes."