What are your thoughts on this issue? Is it possible that Disney
princesses and Disney's princess merchandise might have a negative
effect on young girls (and, as many of you pointed out, on young boys as
well)? Maybe you don't agree with Tueller entirely, but can you see
where he is coming from? Or are his claims completely unfounded?
Monday, November 25, 2013
"And They Lived Happily Ever After" by Tueller
What are your thoughts on this issue? Is it possible that Disney
princesses and Disney's princess merchandise might have a negative
effect on young girls (and, as many of you pointed out, on young boys as
well)? Maybe you don't agree with Tueller entirely, but can you see
where he is coming from? Or are his claims completely unfounded?
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I don't agree with this. I don't see anything wrong with a little girl wanting to be just like a fictional princess. I think people like to make a big deal out of anything and this is one of those things. What is wrong with a little girl wanting to be like a princess? How can this permanently ruin them when they grow up?
ReplyDeleteIsabella N.
I thought this article was funny! As a little girl I never looked for or noticed that the princess was being "needy" or "helpless", I just wanted to be them! Now that I'm older, I notice that they are a bit silly to get married when they're only 16 and they've only known the guy for a day. However, I love the new Disney princess movies! I love Enchanted because of its satirical approach on fairy tales. In Tangled, Rapunzel follows her dream, and doesn't just sit around waiting for a man to come save her. She is developing talents and learning! Merida from Brave is the only Disney princess that I'm aware of who doesn't sing a song! I loved how different she was from all the other princesses. She has such a headstrong personality and doesn't even want to be a princess! I grew up watching the older princess stories and I turned out just fine. I see where he's coming from, but I don't agree that they're bad role models for young girls.
ReplyDelete-Natasha Pruhs
I don't think Disney princess stories and merchandise have a negative effect on girls and boys unless they let it. These stories do tend to focus on physical appearance and monetary gain, but that doesn't mean that every child who likes these stories will focus on that as they grow up. There are other factors that contribute to this. The thing that I've noticed is that the female characters tend to come from broken homes. Why? What do you think is the significance of this?
ReplyDeleteLevi Skinner
I've wondered about this too! I think it's interesting how the majority of princesses have only one parent, and if they had both parents then they have to die. I'm not entirely sure why this is. Maybe it's so the focus is more on the princess and her adventures rather than her relationship with her parents.
Delete-Natasha Pruhs
Well I think kids are so innocent minded they don't think like we do, they just want to play princess and "act" like one for pretend. We see the flaws and the awful things they do to spark up the princess' and children don't think or see beyond what is in front of them like we analyze things after we see them.
ReplyDeleteKasandra Hernandez
I think anything can have a negative effect if we let it. It about teaching your children to look for positive things. I think that Disney has great lesson and a uplifting effect on people. So i think that it would be fine to allow children to idol these characters. -Kenzie Krause
ReplyDeleteI agree. Disney puts good lessons in their movies also that kids need to learn, like to be brave, tell the truth, being trustworthy, and many more. I think the kids take more from that then the fact that the princess always gets the handsome prince
DeleteOlivia S.
I don't agree with this either. There are soo many of us that have grown up with Disney movies and I remember loving the Disney princess and wanting to be like them. But it didn't mess me up and think all of that is real. We just know that it is a movie and we can separate that from real life.
ReplyDeleteAre some Disney princesses more role models than others?
Forgot my name! This was Alexis Smith.
DeleteI for one, would rather have my kids growing up believing in fairy tales. Childhood is about dreaming, and fantasizing about life. It's not about setting them up for failure, but simply giving them something to dream about. I don't know for sure, but i have never heard of anyone being let down because they never met their fairy godmother.
ReplyDelete-Austin Fotou
I disagree with Tueller. I think that as once being a young girl I really looked up to the Disney Princesses. They were my role models. There is no harm in letting children have a little imagination. That is the whole point of growing up, having dreams and aspiring them. We all have far fetch fantasies of what can and could have been. I think that a child growing up wanting to be a princess or prince is not harming their minds. Parents need to teach their kids the difference between reality and fiction. However, we as individuals can be whoever we want to be as long as we put an effort in being that person. You just have to learn to have a common ground.
ReplyDelete-Paige J.
I don't think it makes much of a difference whether little girls watch princess movies or not. As long as they have a strong female role model in their life that can demonstrate how to stick of for herself. That will be a much more powerful influence in a child's life then a movie
ReplyDelete-Olivia S.
the only reason i can see where Tueller is coming from is because when we watch Disney movies we are little kids, therefore when kids keep seeing a woman marry a man and becoming happy. they could get the wrong idea. but still i don't think this is a huge problem and i think disney movies don't have a negative effect.
ReplyDeleteDo you think that Disney has been attempting to embrace a larger demographic as of late? Also, do you think that they have been trying to make princesses look more "realistic" in current movies?
ReplyDeleteJustin H.