Editing Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (section)

=== Gender roles ===
The success of the Disney animated feature ''[[Mulan (1998 film)|Mulan]]'' (1998) popularized the image of the Chinese woman warrior in the west.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Cai |first=Rong |date=2005-09-12 |title=Gender Imaginations in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and the Wuxia World |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/186805 |journal=Positions: East Asia Cultures Critique |volume=13 |issue=2 |pages=441–471 |doi=10.1215/10679847-13-2-441 |s2cid=145605168 |issn=1527-8271 |access-date=15 June 2020 |archive-date=12 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812114304/https://muse.jhu.edu/article/186805 |url-status=live }}</ref> The storyline of ''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'' is mostly driven by the three female characters.<ref name=zh>{{cite journal |journal=廣播與電視 |year=2005 |volume=24 |pages=93–120 |title=臥虎藏龍「藏」了什麼?從女性主義電影理論「男性凝視」觀點談武俠電影新類型 |author=曾武清 |language=zh }}</ref> In particular, Jen is driven by her desire to be free from the gender role imposed on her,<ref>{{cite journal |title= I Am the Invincible Sword Goddess: Mediatization of Chinese Gender Ideology through Female Kung-Fu Practitioners in Films|author1=Mie Hiramoto |author2= Cherise Shi Ling Teo|journal=Societies|year= 2014|volume= 4|issue=3|pages= 477–505|doi=10.3390/soc4030477|doi-access=free }}</ref> while Shu Lien, herself oppressed by the gender role, tries to lead Jen back into the role deemed appropriate for her.<ref name=zh/> Some prominent martial arts disciplines are traditionally held to have been originated by women, e.g., [[Wing Chun]].{{fact|date=October 2023}} The film's title refers to masters one does not notice, which necessarily includes mostly women, and therefore suggests the advantage of a female bodyguard.