Going into this I had no idea what to write about, but after reading a multi-genre paper titled Happily Ever After in the Media, I got an idea. This piece highlights the stereotypes that are embedded in classic fairytale's. While I do believe that in some cases these princesses can give children a false sense of reality, I don't agree with what she writes. The majority of the example and claims that she makes are overly based on feminist beliefs. I agree that no woman should be dependent on someone or something, but in this she takes it too far. Fairytales are called fairytales because they're not applicable to real life. She argues that because of Princess movies, little girls believe that they'll never have to do anything for themselves, and that if they find prince charming that they will live happily ever after. Yet she provides no examples of how it's had such effects on children. Her work has made me want to do real research on how these fairytales influence children. I don't believe that they instill such stereotypes, but I'm going into this open minded. Tuesday, January 27, 2015
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Going into this I had no idea what to write about, but after reading a multi-genre paper titled Happily Ever After in the Media, I got an idea. This piece highlights the stereotypes that are embedded in classic fairytale's. While I do believe that in some cases these princesses can give children a false sense of reality, I don't agree with what she writes. The majority of the example and claims that she makes are overly based on feminist beliefs. I agree that no woman should be dependent on someone or something, but in this she takes it too far. Fairytales are called fairytales because they're not applicable to real life. She argues that because of Princess movies, little girls believe that they'll never have to do anything for themselves, and that if they find prince charming that they will live happily ever after. Yet she provides no examples of how it's had such effects on children. Her work has made me want to do real research on how these fairytales influence children. I don't believe that they instill such stereotypes, but I'm going into this open minded. 
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Glad to see you're going into this open-minded.. Even Disney is realizing this (i.e. the movie Frozen)
ReplyDeleteWho would you use as sources?
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a really interesting topic. There are several things that can influence children, and it will be interesting to see how fairytales change children's views.
ReplyDeleteI really like this topic, I'm interested to see what you're going to do for sources.
ReplyDeleteI've seen a lot of things that view feminism and chivalry, and how they influence each other, that might be something cool to look at. I really enjoy this topic, and hope you find a lot about it.
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