This idea has been fomenting in my head for quite sometime. I know I posted it once as a status on Facebook, but I feel the need to expound more upon it tonight. I have grown increasingly dissatisfied with Disney Princess movies over the years, in as far as how they impact how girls think. They are performing an incredible dis-service.
In all the Princess movies, just when things in her life have gotten horrible, some charming prince sweeps in and makes everything wonderful again. The process doesn't take long, sometimes even just the day that they meet. However, in real life, that is all too often not the case. In real life, "Princ Charming" doesn't come riding in on a white horse to rescue us. Instead, "Prince Charming" can cause a lot of very real damage and doesn't almost instantly make everything okay.
The other thing about the Princess movies that bothers me is that while the Princess rebel against authority sometimes (Jasmin, Ariel, Mulan, Cinderella), once they meet their Prince, they generally submit to him. Disney is teaching girls to obey the men in relationships, and to lose sight of themselves. That is something that should never happen in a relationship. Instead, things should be equal and have compromise.
While I love the Princess movies for the stories, the hidden message that they convey is just disturbing.
1 comment:
For real!!
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