Disney Princesses Are Bad Role Models For Young Girls

While your arguments are valid for each and every one of the princesses and you do point out their positive features, you seem to neglect the fact that they are putting themselves in danger. You also seem to be missing the fact that their parents, in all cases, are looking out for their daughters best interest. I also think that by saying that they are teenagers going through their rebellious stage, you are inferring that every teenage girl (or the latter) have rebelious streaks. I think it's unreasonable to say that. And if they do, they why didn't Cinderella or Snow White have one? I believe there is a fine line between being disobedient and being adventurous and curious, and I believe that nearly all of the newer princesses cross that line. You brought up Tiana in your argument, which was very wise. She is arguable the most well-rounded princess there is. I believe that's because, unlike most of the other princesses, she was not born into royalty but married into it. She had a humble up-bringing that a little girl now a days might be able to relate to. She dreamed of having the things her parents always wanted but could never achieve and she made it her life mission to get that restaurant. She basically becomes obsessed with it though, and it's clear that she over works herself in order to get it. So while she is the best example of a good role model, she is also flawed a bit too with her obsessive personality. I never said that the princesses lived their lives with the main goal of trying to win over a man. It just so happens though that they do indeed all find love before hitting their twenties. I think this is a rather negative message to send out to the young girls. In today's world it is very unlikely that you meet the man you marry before you are twenty. While this may be based on the time periods that they were in, it's ridiculous because they often are rushed into marriages. For example, Cinderella was rushed into a marriage with a man she had interacted with a whole of one night. One might say that they are young women because young women by default are more beautiful and lively than their counterparts at an older age and thing brings me to a very concerning point. Why are all of the princesses flawless? They all seems to have the perfect cheekbones and waistlines. Their hair is never untidy. Let's be realistic. Pocahontas runs around the woods with her dark black hair flying behind her and yet it always manages to be pin straight and never knotty looking. The women always have perfect blush. It wasn't until Rapunzel did a princess have a 'flaw' and that was only freckles. They all have similar characteristic which is frightening to me. Similar eye structures This can impose a terrible message for little girls. If they don't fit the criteria of pretty as set by the Disney Princesses, then this will greatly impact their self esteem. It took nearly 80 years for Disney to have it's first African American princess, and nearly just as long to have their other princesses of non-caucasian decent. It makes it seem like you need to be pretty and reckless, or pretty and helpless in order for a prince to fall in love with you. (And most of the early princes are very flat characters so it seems. They don't have developed personalities and makes the princesses falling in love with them appear to be shallow. People can assume that they are only falling in love with them because of their wealth, title, and appearance).