The Negative Effects Of Disney Princess Movies

1937 was the first time a Disney princess was produced.. Ever since then issues with the princess movies have been commenced. Some people think that the characters portrayed for females are very conservative and stereotypical. The Disney Princess movies have led little girls into a fantasy that they will never be able to experience. Disney princess movies give fake hope and has made a negative effect on the minds of the females in this world.

Princess movies have negative effects on the minds of little girls. Parent’s try their hardest to raise their girls to be strong independent women. The princess movies portray a woman that fulfills his man's needs and puts away education. The movies portray that everything is about beauty and being

beautiful will save you from the troubles that are existent in the real world. They lead to girls having fake fantasies.

“I wanna be a princess.” These same words come out of the mouths of little girls almost everyday. Most young women want to become like princesses because they are portrayed to be perfect. However little do they know that these movies and expectations are all fraud. In the movie Little Mermaid, there is a scene where she is nude and also her outfit of the shell bra sets a negative image in the little girls watching the movie. Jasmine’s outfit also sets a bad example to the young girls watching. These girls want to start looking and acting like princesses. They want to become pale, skinny, and beautiful. This causes psychological problems for those girls who are not given these physical traits. This results in many girl with self esteem, self image, depression and eating disorders.
Disney princess portray women to be extremely conservative. They are shown to clean the house, cook, and take care of their husbands. Having children watch these old Disney princess movies can impact a child’s knowledge on how women should act in society. Instead shaping a girl into a strong women that faces the real world problems with her head high and ambition, these disney movies show women to be vulnerable and weak. This shows the girls what their role in society should be when it is completely the opposite. You can see this by the extraordinary woman in society such as Oprah Winfrey, Michelle Obama, Marissa Meyer, etc.

Disney princess movies have been detrimental to society. They give young women false hopes and destroy their dreams as well. They cause psychological and social problems. In a society of strong successful women such as Michelle Obama, petty things like princess movies should not be shown due to their negative impact. Disney princess movies hold back girls’ successful futures and cause many problems for their parents and themselves.