Why, Disney? Why?

[Alex]

I was going to make a vlog video about this but I wasn't feeling it. Anyway, has anyone else notice the lack of self-esteem in girls today?One of the theories in circulation is that it because of the lack of normal girls as female icons. There are a lot of beautiful, slender, and attractive girls in the media and then those who have little differences or are a little pudgy are made fun of and ridiculed. What is that going to do to the people with differences or are considered a non conventional beauty? But where does this standard of attractive women start? Well, my theory is that is starts with Disney characterization of females. NOW, WAIT!!! I love Disney movies and I enjoy a good sing fish or sneezing dwarf as well as the next person, but if you thing about it objectively, the representation of females in those movies sufficiently lack dimension. Of course there pretty and they have a legitimate problem but do they actually have a personality? Does Cinderella every yell at the mice? Does Sleeping Beauty ever just say 'No, I think that I am going to marry dancing and singing man in the forrest instead, thank you."? No, they don't. I suppose that they do have personalities but they lack hutzpah! None of them do anything that is attributed to a strong women. Well, Belle and Ariel kind of do, but both are a bit submissive. Also, what is with the aspect of a man in these things. It is like all of them need a man to survive; some of them even change their entire species just to be with a man. *cough* Ariel *cough*.  It all just seem like a fishy plot to get girls to grow up to be beautiful girls who just try and get the guy and are a little bit daring, sometimes. I guess though I have fallen victim as I love Disney movies and always nit pick at my bodies imperfections. Maybe that is just a cures of being a girl in the twenty first century.

[Alex]

Yeah, that is what needs to happen. Some girls though aren't exposed to women that have to what you have described so they end up insecure. Maybe they do not know how to isolate the difference between reality. They don't know that the world doesn't see the world as the media does.

[Dashma]

I believe that we need to isolate movies and media from what we take as reality. Those girls are photoshoped (or drawn) and as we know, there's no photoshop in real life. Also, I Know exactly how it feels to be one of those girls staring at other people since I'm what we call normal and in my school there are girls who look just flawless. But is that what we as women want to do, be? Plus trust  me, those 'perfect' girls have the same confident issues as we do. I know, I have a big problem finishing a thought, but I've got many of them :) Also when you go out and look around yourself, you see people not caring about their looks as much, they are comfortable in their own skin, not matter how imperfect they look. I believe that's how we all deserve to feel. It's important to find something beautiful and what we love about our bodies and Live with our flaws. (or cover it with make-up if possible ;)

[Alex]

Oh, I forgot about the labels thing. Yeah I suppose it is all about fitting into a certain group of people now. And one could say that stems from that evolution bit. And, yeah, I have thought about it before and it makes me feel really bad. BUt I just realize that I am trying to live up to expectations from society rather than living up to expectations from myself and I kind of restart. Trying to return back to being my goofy self. Its hard though. It is sorta like the regeneration of The Doctor....he has to realize what kind of person he has become but then find himself inside of this new man. 

 

I just wich there was a good female role model out there who would go to the Grammy's in sweatpants. Well, you know what I mean. (That would be rude. You should look nice at that event to honor all the people nominated.)

[God ~blogs admin ~]

Heh, it's been here far longer than Disney 'm affraids. 

Simple evolution. 

Slimmer waist, bigger breast and rounder hips symbolize perfect mating material. 

Of course, as we've evolved to the point of getting past those basic instincts, its still a very compelling argument.

I's thinks Glee had it right enough. Folk are obsessed with labels these days. I'm **** and I'm *** and he's ****. If you think about that kinda thing long enough, you'll start to feel crap.

 

As for the whole submissive thing. Look at the time periods, the Disney movies are being nice. Woman didn't have choice back then :P