It all started in 1937, when Walt Disney released Snow White. That was when the long line of Disney Princess movies started, inspired by the Grimm Brothers' fairy tales. The only tear in the fabric here is how the Disney Princess movies portray women and girls. Considering that millions of young girls watch Disney Movies, and that it causes a big influence on them, the way females were shown in Disney movies was not really admirable.
Let's start with Snow White, the 'fairest of them all.' She spends her time working and waiting for her 'Prince Charming' to come and whisk her away. Then, she finds a cottage and earns her stay by cooking and cleaning. After that, she almost dies, and'her' prince comes along and is stunned by her beauty. The prince kisses her and she is brought back to life. Doesn't this just teach children that outer beauty is all that matters? Next is Sleeping Beauty, also known as Aurora. Even though the movie is named in her honour, she is only in 18 minutes of the film! In a movie of more than an hour, Aurora makes an appearance for 18 minutes and has only 18 lines in the movie! And if you remember the movie, the first gift that the baby was given was BEAUTY, and then the GIFT OF SONG. Not intelligence, or a sense of humour or anything like that. Again, that gives children the impression that beauty is the most important thing. Cinderella. Basically, she's a girl who cleans and cooks, much like Snow White. She waits for a prince to come and rescue her, when she is perfectly capable of doing it herself. And don't forget that the prince is only attracted to her because of her gorgeous dress and how beautiful she looks. Once again, the message conveyed is that girls have to wait for their Prince Charming to come rescue them and that beauty is above all. What I liked about 2013 movie Frozen was that Elsa didn't need a prince, and that she saved Anna with sisterly love, not a 'true love's kiss.' It also showed that you can't just fall in love and marry a person who you met nearly a minute ago, which happens in all the movies mentioned previously. All the princesses above met the prince after waking up from a deep sleep or after dancing with them for a couple of hours or another scenario like that. Clearly, the princes weren't attracted by their personality, more by their looks. I hope this wasn't too harsh, and this was only my opinion. :)
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