As grown women and men we can now easily see they are less than “magical” given their sexist and illusory motifs and themes. Please name a few of the tales that come to mind. Give a bit of feed back on your answer if you’d like…it’ll be good for the younger readers.
2007-03-24 15:22:39 · 10 answers · asked by Rain 3 in Social Science ➔ Gender Studies
Sharon, yes, CINDERELLA is definately one of them.
2007-03-24 15:30:25 · update #1
Swwweeeeet!...you went home an re-wrote it..lol!
2007-03-24 15:32:46 · update #2
DrB: Nope, not PC simply inconvenient truths...for you.
2007-03-24 15:34:36 · update #3
Baba Yaga: "abandoned or orphaned, are left to navigate their way through a cruel world thickly forested with dangers - yet they succeed by their wits"
As the classic Hansel and Gretel. I enjoyed those stories too. I was reading that the classic fairy tales with scary components can actually aid kids in the stages of psychological growth.
So, lets talk about the Disney versions!
2007-03-24 16:24:56 · update #4
Thanks for the resources...I'll check them out.
2007-03-24 16:25:56 · update #5
This is PC sickness..
"Inconvenient truths"—I rest my case.
2007-03-24 15:27:53 · answer #1 · answered by DrB 7 · 3⤊ 4⤋
Take any of the tales that were re-made into Disney movies: Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, The Little Mermaid even! The women want nothing more than to be with their prince, even leaving their home and losing their voice over it! Disney's adaptations set us all back.
Check out this book: Packaging Girlhood. It's an excellent read about marketing and how it teaches girls to be for the boys or with the boys, and never gives them the opportunity to be the deep and complex girls we know they can be.
2007-03-29 17:05:59 · answer #2 · answered by NacioHB 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As a parent of a young daughter, I never read her any fairy tales where the princess sat around waiting to be rescued. Disney's Snow White singing 'some day my prince will come' makes me mildly nauseous.
What I did read to her was 'The Paper Bag Princess' by Robert Munsch. The princess rescues the prince. Go Elizabeth.
2007-04-01 22:13:59 · answer #3 · answered by M 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You're exactly right. There has never been a fairy tale in with the princess wakes up in the tower, busts down the door, runs down the stairs, kills the witch, and goes back to rule the kingdom that belongs to HER!
2007-03-24 23:41:02 · answer #4 · answered by Rio Madeira 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
thanfully modern versions tackle the stereotypes, think of the movie Shrek and the cartoon Kim Possible, its all about the culture and society and the expectations , noone complained back then because it was the 'norm', it is only now in our politically correct world that people seem to be offended by what were after all, just stories!!
2007-03-25 08:13:42 · answer #5 · answered by sydneygal 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I can remember my mother taking me to see Cinderella at the theater. I was really annoyed with the story and when we got home I rewrote it to my satisfaction.
What really tipped the balance was "The Practical Princess." I loved that book and she was really my hero. She had to save the prince and everyone.
2007-03-24 22:26:57 · answer #6 · answered by Sharon M 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
when i was growing up my favorite fary tales where snow white cinderella beauty adn the beast!! all that girly stuff!! i also loved little red riding hood and the nurery ryhmes!!
2007-03-30 09:17:50 · answer #7 · answered by Morgan 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ya,now days it's mary had a little lamb,and I had roast beef!
2007-03-24 22:59:01 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
little red riding hood ; rape of an adolescent by a grandfather
shows her dumb and helpless
2007-04-01 15:22:05 · answer #9 · answered by Nora 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Personally, I go for the damsel in distress being rescued by a knight in shining armor cliche. I see nothing wrong with it.
2007-03-25 00:22:43 · answer #10 · answered by ? 6 · 2⤊ 5⤋