katlyn

It’s pretty much common knowledge that Disney has pulled some pretty debatable stunts in the past years. From the sex in the leaves in The Lion King, to the priest in The Little Mermaid we’ve begun to question how “kid-friendly� some of the movies really are. However, those examples are some of the more obvious situations in which Disney has tested us, but what about the oh so repetitious plot lines we have seen in “The Princess Collection?� Each story is not doubt adorable, but also seems to have one thing in common, and its not just the happy ending. It’s the idea that at the end of each movie this character (whom many young girls look to as role models) is rescued by her darling prince charming. But what the story lines actually portray are more than that. Each movie begins with a troubled young woman; she’s smart, pretty, but also has a flaw. The plot then proceeds to thicken, reaches the climax, and ends, ultimately with the idea that this princess (who was previously lacking something in her life) now has her prince, and along with that an undeniable happiness. No, not all little girls are picking up this idea that “oh my gosh I’m lacking something without a man, thus that is what I need to be happy�, but this general idea of a Prince charming making all the bad things go away is drilled into little girls’ heads again and again. My opinion is a bit extreme, too extreme for a 5 year old to observe, however the general idea of a woman needing a man to be happy, I believe, does have an affect on the way young girls begin to develop as they grow up.