We live in a world where girls are supposed to dress up in their dresses and wear tiaras and believe they are little princess. Many girls want to dress up and be like the Disney princesses they see on TV. Is it wrong for girls to want to be princesses because they like the tiaras and the dresses they get to wear? Many people have their own opinion on how they feel about girls looking up to Disney princesses. Monika Bratyzel is a freelance writer that created the article Girls on Film: The Real Problem with Disney Princess Brand that was published on theweek.com on May 17, 2013. The purpose of Bratyzel writing this article was to expose Disney on how they are changing their princesses to look like something they are not. Crystal Liechty is a …show more content…
mother from Utah that wrote the article In Defense of Princess Culture that appeared on a blog called Unexceptional Mom on February 7, 2013. The propose of Liechty writing this article was to inform readers that it is not a bad thing that little girls look up to Disney princesses because they have a positive image. After reading both of these articles, it shows that Bratyzel argument is more rhetorically effective. In the Article written by Bratyzel there was a lot of Ethos.
She starts off talking about how Disney is putting a specific face on what a princess is to them. In paragraph three, she talks about how Disney decided to make Merida from the movie Brave a Disney princess. Disney decided to give the Brave girl a new look. They combed her hair, made her breast bigger, made her waist smaller, enlarged her eyes, put make up on her face and changed the way her dress looked. They changed her whole appearance from the how she was in the movie to when they made her a princess. In the movie she was a character who fought against the princess world her mother tried to force her into. Bratyzel also talks about how the creator of the movie Brave wanted to inspire a different look for the princesses. She wanted Merida to be a strong princess that mothers and daughters can both relate too. In the article she gave different opinions on how people felt about how Disney wanted their princesses to …show more content…
look. Bratyzel article was full of emotion of how she hated how Disney changed the way they made all of the princesses look. In paragraph eleven she talks about how Merida isn’t the only one who Disney has changed. She says that every Disney princess has received a new design to make them all look the same. She says they all have narrower jaws, larger eyes, smaller noses, and waist that are so narrow that it looks like they were marched into a plastic surgeon office for liposuction and rib removal. She was also very sad for the characters of color. Disney made all of their features ridiculously whitewashed. She feels bad because the princesses are not how they look, and Disney is giving this specific look to little girls on what a princess should look like. Also, the last paragraph was filled with pathos. She talks about how the truth is that are all different kinds of women and their can be different kinds princesses. She also made a good point in the last paragraph saying that Barbie was able to do anything that she wanted to, and its not to late for Disney to create a product that does not narrow the worldview of little girls, but expands it. In the article written by Liechty she starts of talking about how her article was solely based on her opinion of the Princess culture.
I believe her article lacked Ethos and Logos, but it was full of Pathos. In the entire article it was how she felt about the princess culture as a whole. She was kind of angry at how a mother on a blog talked about how her daughter loved the princess culture. She loved the dresses, the movies, the stories, and everything else that goes with the culture of princess. In paragraph four what made her mad was how the mother read the story of Cinderella to a kindergarten class and she adjusted the story to depict how she wanted it to be. She said that Cinderella’s stepsisters were jealous and misunderstood, the stepmother was lonely rather then cruel, and the prince was her like minded partner. Liechty was so appalled at what she said. Liechty begins to talk about how her daughter loves the princess culture, and she see nothing wrong with it. She also says that she did not think her daughter would be a girly girl she acutally thought she was going to run around with her older brother and be a tomboy. In the rest of the article she goes on a rant about what is the problem with little girls looking up to the princesses for their future. In paragraph sixteen she wants to know what is the problem with our daughters learning that if they work hard and are good and sweet, even in difficult times they will find happiness. She wants to know why is it so
offensive for a woman to need a prince to rescue her so that she will be happy? Also, why is it offensive that a women might need a man to be happy? She says, “I can tell you, I would not be happy without MY man so does that make me weak?” Even thought Liechty Article is very opinionated and did not state any facts, she made a good point starting at paragraph twenty-four. She says that as far as role models go it is better for a girl to dress up as the princesses than them dressing up like the Bratz dolls. She also says that she is glad that her daughter is following behind the princesses because she hopes that she would find a great man that will make her happy. She also says that if he daughter wants to dress up in the the dresses and wear the tiaras and jewelry then she glad because the dresses are classy and she could be off worst. Liechty ended her rant by saying that she has another daughter and she will not tell her what to like she will let her daughter follow in her own foot steps. The articles both had a different call to action. In the article written by Bratyzel she wants Disney to change the way they design their princesses so that it is not just one specific type of princess, she wants it to be a diverse group of princesses. In the article that was written by Liechty she wants people to realize that since little girls are so involved in the princess culture it is a good thing because they are looking up to good people and not following the wrong crowd. Even through they both had two different views on the situation, and both had different opinions on gender stereotypes, Bratyzel had a better argument full of facts and different view points on the situation and it was not just full of her opinion.
“I grew up with hand-me-downs and once-a-year trips to Walmart. I’d never really been presented with a princess dress. But thinking back, if I had been, I’m pretty sure I would’ve been stoked” (Liechty 471). In February 2013, Crystal Liechty, a mother from Utah, posted this comment on the blog The Unexceptional Mom. She argues that although some children are not exposed to the princess culture, it is important that the parents are not taking away their imagination. Parents should not discourage their children about the princess culture. These princess movies allow parents to talk about certain topics with their children as they grow up. Liechty states, “And these princess movies give me a great chance to talk to her about what kind of guy she
Disney Parks are held to a high standard when it comes to conserving their values of visitor happiness, imagination, and creativity. In 2007, Disney released a commercial that focuses on showing how a trip to Disney encourages children to dig deeper into their imagination. The children in the commercial envision their dreams and then make it a reality with the support of Disney. By transforming traditional adolescence experiences into out of this world adventures related to Disney films, Disney successfully emphasizes how strikingly different reality is while visiting the Parks through their Year of a Million Dreams Commercial.
Finucane’s daughter had seemingly been robbed of her creative imagination after trying to live up to the expectations of a Disney princess. Her daughter “seemed less imaginative, less spunky, and less interested in the world” (Hanes 1) after being introduced to the Disney princess line, willing herself to be just like the princesses. Young children know no better and are very susceptible to the world around them, and are very likely to imitate what they are shown or what intrigues them. Hanes was outraged at how Disney had stripped the child of believing in other imaginative creatures and activities, and was stuck on behaving as a princess. Hanes provides research in the article that supports that Finucane’s daughter is not the only one to catch the Disney princess symptoms. There is a whole book about this “diseases” as well as much research conducted on educators that seemingly all agrees that “[teachers] are unable to control the growing onslaught of social messages shaping their…students” (Hanes 1). Through her research Hanes discovered that the Disney Princess empire is a $4 billion dollar industry that leads to “self-objectification, cyber bullying, and unhealthy body image…” (1) causing problems for young girls. These “ideals” will stay with them throughout the remainder of their life, based on decisions that were made for them, to introduce such “ideals” into their minds. Hanes’ readers are most likely to be parents or adults who will likely become parents in the near future, and this article is a great introduction to the long road of making decisions that will impact the way their children think
Are the little girl 's in America being cheated of their privilege of having a childhood? Stephanie Hanes, a freelance journalist, believes so and she decided to express her opinion in the article “ Little girls or Little women ? The Disney Princess Effect”. Hanes argues that today’s society is morally ambiguous because of the sexual messages being sent to young girls. In consequence of this , toddlers now aspire to attain the pre-teen goal to be sexy at such an early age. It all begins with the influence and example that The Disney princesses give to their young fans. For the reason that the article appeared in magazines and in the USA today , the targeted audience must be
In “Little Girls or Little Women? The Disney Princess Effect,” Stephanie Hanes covers the sexualization of young girls and women in every aspect of the media that influences children and teens. She explains that girls see media figures, movies, and sports being sexualized, and how this is causing children to associate looking and acting a certain way to being ‘the perfect women’. Hanes believes the hypersexualized media is causing girls to obtain a negative body image and it’s killing their self-esteem. The author proposes what she believes society should do about overcoming this obstacle, and how people can crush the stereotypes about women; to her everyone is responsible and should aid in fixing these problems. She explains that the media
The princess bride is an incredibly entertaining book. Although it was written mostly as a parody it contains many themes. The developments seen in the dynamic characters are astounding ones. The theme, or motif, which I'm going to follow through the story is that of Fezzik and his quest for self confidence and a good self image. From the time that the novel starts to the end, Fezzik achieves a good self image. He starts out with a very low self image and, by the end, he finds in himself talents that give him a better image of himself.
Since Disney’s Snow White appeared in 1937, Disney princesses have been a present in pop culture. With the release of new movies frequent and re-release of decades old movies inevitable, a continuous stream keeps Disney princesses in the foreground of adolescent society. It is with the value of entertainment they have been created and as entertainment they should be viewed.
Your sparkling eyes gazed at the television, reading the word “Cinderella” by Disney. You had all your Cinderella toys lined up, ready to grab whenever necessary. Your Cinderella pajamas on, and your tea set is all prepared.Your mom adored your love for princesses. Didn’t we all love to sing along to the Disney movies about princesses and true love? Peggy Orenstein sure didn’t. Peggy Orenstein, the author of Cinderella Ate My Daughter has a sharp opinion about how a “pretty and pink” culture is influencing girls in a negative way. The author proves this argument by discussing gender colorization, dolls, and princesses.
Disney promotes sexisim by forcing young girls to live in a patriarchal world. Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, The little mermaid, Aladdin, and Snow White are all examples of popular Disney movies that encourage young viewers that they need a man to save the day. Yes, it’s true that there are recent movies such as Moana and Frozen that prove otherwise, but how long will it take to completely get over the fact that women are mainly viewed as secondary citizens compared to the men? There are countless examples of how Disney movies influence this theme, and how much the female characters’ actions, ideas and thoughts are not included in a Disney movie.
Disney princesses are fun for all ages, but their target audience is young children and “as children grow and develop, they can be easily influenced by what they see and hear”. Therefore, what they see and hear in Disney movies leaves an impression on them. The first princess, Snow White, was created in a time where each gender and race had a specific role in society. Recently, many believe that Disney has come a long way in regards to gender and race since Snow White, as several multi-cultural protagonists have been introduced subsequently, and gender roles do not appear to be as stereotypical as they once were. However, many of the apparent innocent messages about race and gender in these movies, can be exposed as otherwise. Despite their mask of progression, Disney princesses still have the potential to corrupt the minds of young children through sexism and racism.
Having read Victor's story not realizing until the very end that "Victor" in the story was the author made it much more confusing! I realize that the issue here is about racial and social discrimination as well as about education and following your own ideals instead of the rest of society's. He displays this through the various characters and stories throughout the essay as well as his own personal accounts. The reason and logic behind his paper is shown through the different examples, such as in the classroom with the different students of different gender, race, social standing, etc. I find his ideas much harder to follow as they are much less clear-cut than Cronon's. He likes the idea of changing education and making it much more true for the student instead of "protecting" them from some evil within society. The idea of having children read several versions of Cinderella to become more learned of the different cultures and the actual societal concerns instead of just being a children's story really makes sense. He presents this in a way that you cannot help but agree, it sheds light on many things for me as I am sure it did for others.
Media is a powerful agent in entertaining children. It also influences and teaches the youth of society the suitable and appropriate gender roles that they inevitably try to make sense of. The power of media is very influential especially in the minds of the youth. Disney movies target the youth and plant certain ideas and concepts about social culture into the vulnerable minds of children. Media uses gender to its advantage, just like Disney productions. Humorous caricatures reveal some harsh realities about the portrayal of Disney Princesses in many movies made by the Walt Disney Company. Disney mixes innocence with the ultimate form of fantasy to capture an audience. Predominantly, Disney helps highlight the gender roles by showing the audience simply what they want to see. In the attempt to stick to the norm and portray stereotypical female characters, Disney created Princesses. Presented as damsels in distress and inferior beings to men, Disney Princesses give children an inaccurate portrayal of gender roles at a young age. Through Disney’s social success and intriguing films, such as The Little Mermaid, Snow White, Aladdin, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, and Beauty and the Beast, Disney Princess movies portray stereotypical representation of gender roles through the denigration of the female image, targeting and ruining the perception of youth today.
Alexandrova, Marina. "Disney and The American Princess: The Americanization of European Fairy Tales." America: The New Society (2010): 1-77. Print.
In today’s modern age, young children are being raised by their TV screen. Reining from the original tales of Perrault and the Grim Brothers, the Disney princess line has been a staple on the screens since the 1930s (Do Rozario 1). However, these princesses have gone through dramatic changes to remain relevant to todays youth. The effects that can be influenced by the roles expressed in these types of films send mixed messages to the audience, causing them to ask themselves whether or not they should believe what the princess is expressing on the screen.
Each Disney princess has different positive attributes that make her unique, the most recent Disney princesses are especially fitting in today’s society. In Jena Stephens’ analysis of the three most recent princesses, excluding Anna and Elsa, she describes Rapunzel by saying, “Her forward thinking, desire to prove she is just as capable as a man, and realistic dreaming make her a great role model for young girls”. Whether it is to become a princess and marry her true love like Cinderella or open a restaurant like Princess Tiana, all of the Disney princesses have aspirations. Jena Stephens says, “The words that Tiana sings about the necessary hard work it will take for her to reach her dream stand out as a message to young viewersone that does not covey that love is the only thing that will make girls happy”. Not only do Disney princesses have dreams but they make their dreams come true with hard work. As Liz Gumbinner described her trip to Disney World with her daughters, “The princess luncheon led to a great discussion later in our hotel room, in which we told our girls that it is okay to be strong, smart, hardworking and still dream of marrying a prince”. Disney princesses carry themselves in a humble and confident manner. The princesses are beautiful but they are not conceited. Lastly, they are never stuck up but rather loving and independent which makes their character so