In Pans labyrinth, Ofelia is treated as inferior for her gender. Having to follow the captains instructions without question having all aspects of her life being controlled down to her cloths. The captain also obsesses over having son as he feels as he would have more power than Ofelia. However in the magic world, Ofelia is seen as a powerful princess who is integral to the world with her return being extremely important opposing her status in the normal world sowing how gender doesn’t really matter