With the release of the original film of Despicable Me in 2010， Minions， the tiny yellow troublemakers， are welcome to people all over the world， which is strengthened by Despicable Me 2 in 2013 and Minions in 2015. Minions are so popular that the Minions element can be seen almost every where. However， the gender of these tiny yellow trouble makers has aroused peoples concern and heated debate. Why arent there any female Minions？ If you have ever questioned the lack of female Minions， Pierre Coffin， the film maker， may have some answers for you.

One widespread theory was that Minions were gender neutral， since they wear both traditionally male and female attire. Some fans viewed them as boys who occasionally cross-dress： all of the Minions have male names， such as Stuart， Kevin， and Bob. However， according to the Filmmaker， all Minions are， in fact， male. Why does the filmmaker make such a choice in a time when male-dominated childrens movies are so rare？

“Seeing how dumb and stupid they often are， I just couldnt imagine Minions being girls，”Coffin told The Wrap. According to the French animator， all of the little characters are voiced by male actors. Certainly， the film is not without female characters. For example， the villain， Scarlett Overkill， is voiced by Sandra Bullock.

But the gender imbalance has drawn criticism from some concerned parents. A mother of three girls writes in her blog： Why cant we show children a fantasy world where gender equality exists？ Minions does the opposite， reproducing and in fact， managing to exaggerate sexism so that females have hardly any place or representation in the world at all. Despite such concerns， Minions opened at the box office with record numbers in the first weekend， garnering $115.2 million in North America and making it the second biggest animated film opening in history. The film has received mixed reviews from critics.

Now only one question remains on the minds of movie-goers： if there are no girl Minions， how does the species propagate？ There are currently two competing fan theories to explain where the little guys come from.

One is that regular humans are turned into Minions by a Minionizer machine， a ray gun-like instrument similar to the one seen on the Minions ride at Universal Studios theme park. Another is that they are cloned from a single strand of mutated DNA， as suggested by one of the short films.

Coffin has declined to reveal the exact origin of the tiny yellow henchmen so far， but the Minions arent done telling their story yet：theyll be back soon enough in Despicable Me 3， slated to open in June 2017.

自2010年，第一部《卑鄙的我》動畫電影上映以來，小黃人，這些小小的麻煩制造者，深受全球人們的喜愛。緊接著，2013年，《卑鄙的我2》上映以及2015年《小黃人大眼萌》的出現再次鞏固了小黃人的地位。隨著小黃人的大受歡迎，小黃人元素隨處可見。然而，小黃人的性別問題也引起了人們的關注和討論。為什么小黃人中沒有女孩子呢？如果你也曾這樣質疑，就來聽聽電影導演皮艾爾·柯芬的回答吧。

一種普遍的觀點認為小黃人是中性的，因為它們既穿傳統的男性服裝也穿傳統的女性服裝。一些粉絲認為它們只是偶爾男扮女裝的男孩子，因為它們的名字都是男孩子的：斯圖爾特，凱文還有鮑勃。然而，官方回應稱，實際上所有的小黃人都是男孩子。為什么在男性主導的兒童電影如此罕見的情況下做出這樣的選擇呢？

柯芬在接受The Wrap網站采訪時說：“我無法想象這幫時常犯傻的小蠢貨會是女孩子?！睋@位法國動畫制作人稱，影片中所有小黃人角色都是由男演員配音的。當然，這部影片還是有女性角色的，比如：大反派斯嘉麗·奧佛吉爾，由桑德拉·布洛克為其配音。

但這一性別失衡的現象招致一些憂心忡忡的父母的批評。一位三個女兒的母親在博客中寫道：“我們?yōu)槭裁床荒苷宫F給孩子一個性別平等的美好世界呢？《小黃人》卻正相反，重現，事實上是設法夸大，男性至上主義，女性在這樣的世界根本沒有任何地位及存在感。”盡管人們有著這樣那樣的擔憂，首周上映，《小黃人》依然創(chuàng)下北美票房紀錄，斬獲1.152億美元，創(chuàng)造動畫電影首映史上第二高的好成績。影評人對影片的評論褒貶不一。

現在有一個問題令電影觀眾們百思不得其解了：如果小黃人都是男孩子，那小黃人是如何傳宗接代的呢？這些小家伙們到底是哪兒來的？目前粉絲間主要有兩種互相對立的說法對其作出解釋。

一種說法是小黃人是通過小黃人制造機由普通人類轉變而來的。小黃人制造機是一個類似射線槍的機器，跟在環(huán)球影城主題公園的小黃人過山車那里可以看到的很像。另一種說法是根據其中一部小黃人短片推測，小黃人是由一個單鏈突變DNA克隆而成的。

柯芬至今還不愿向廣大影迷們透露小黃人的確切起源，但是小黃人的故事并未告一段落，我們很快將會在《卑鄙的我3》中看到它們的身影，影片暫定于2017年6月份上映。