Comments on: Disney Princesses: Is It Really Normal That All Little Girls to Want to Be One?

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:44:18 +0000

I appreciated that particular deconstruction of disney princesses as well. I originally saw it on the Sociological Images blog.

There’s a lot of this stuff in north american christian culture as well. The passivity, which is a huge part of our cultural construct of “femininity,” obsession with desirability, etc. Contrary to popular myth, these aren’t Biblical descriptions of women – just cultural.

For anyone who might be interested in exploring more on this topic, I would highly recommend Naomi Wolf’s “The Beauty Myth” and the older book “Femininity” by Susan Brownmiller.

By: dan

dan — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:23:40 +0000

Reminds me of the doc “Mickey Mouse Monopoly” which talks about the various ways in which Disney movies support gender and racial stereotypes, while also commercializing children’s culture (you can watch this free on google or surfthechannel). The part I personally found most haunting was when they were interviewing nine year old girls about Beauty and the Beast and this is what one girl said after watching the movie:

If Belle was my friend and I’d seen her go through this whole thing, I probably would say, keep being nice and sweet as you are, and that probably will change him and in the movie he does.

Yikes. Nothing like training our daughters to passively accept abusive relationships!

By: JT

JT — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:03:07 +0000

I recommend this book. Sound.

http://www.amazon.com/Captivating-Unveiling-Mystery-Womans-Soul/dp/0785264698

By: Ron Smith

Ron Smith — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:26:25 +0000

of course I want my girls to be like this. Isn’t this just a clear view of how women make by? You cant honestly expect me to believe girls can live happily ever after if they aren’t attractive.