Are fairy tales misogynistic?
Hi everyone, I'm doing a research project for my A Level Media course, and my hypothesis is that fairytales are discriminative towards female characters. It is under the category Women and Film so i'm...
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I think this will be a difficult topic unless you limit yourself--fairy tale films abound, in many languages and many cultures. Are we talking about American films in particular? Or only Disney...
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I tend to agree that the fairy tale films I have seen tend to stereotype women's roles. All the female protagonists tend to be beautiful. Non-standard beauty, or less-than-beautiful women are...
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I don't watch many movies, but it's interesting to note that until quite recently, many fairy tale heroine were strong and self-sufficient, and not all male characters were, well, heroes. Neil Gaiman...
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Does beauty disqualify a woman to be a positive role model? Should girls aspire for ugliness?
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"Does beauty disqualify a woman to be a positive role model? " Of course not. However when all positive role models are beautiful, it means that, by implication, not being beautiful is not as good....
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If you think fairy tales such as Snow White, Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty are "misogynistic" you should look at the time period in which they were popularized and the respective decades that Disney...
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I agree with AliceCEB--women are encouraged to believe that worth is linked to beauty. And this is also a feature in fairy tales--the heroines and good girls are often portrayed as beautiful, their...
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Associating psyical beauty with inner virtue isn't just a fairy tale thing--it's also, largely, Biblical. Christian teachings had a great deal of influence on oral folklore (and written folklore, as...
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That's not only false but hate-mongering, LivelyLorikeet.
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Yes, agree about the hate mongering. My reading has shown that beauty is important in just about any culture, regardless of religion. Please also read From the Beast to the Blonde by Marina Warner for...
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