Sexual Politics of Princess Peach on The Super Mario Bros (2023): Feminism Studies

After the successes of the video game, the franchise of The Super Mario Bros got an animated movie in 2023. The story of the brothers of Mario and Luigi who are transported to a magical world where their adventure starts. Beyond that, Princess Peach as a female lead character, she’s portrayed as a brave princess who protects her kingdom. This research aims to investigate Princess Peach based on her struggle as a leader of her kingdom through the lens of feminist theory. The research uses qualitative method and the theory of sexual politics by Kate Millet. The result of the research shows that Princess Peach conducts three of seven key points of sexual politics which are Ideological (3), Biological (3), and Force (1). Even though she’s under the shackles of patriarchy, she keeps fighting to protect her kingdom and her mushroom troops and despite of her feminine appearance, she can fight and protect herself from wickedness which makes her as an androgyny person, the person who embodies masculinity and femineity.