Is this where it starts? With Disney Princesses?

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  • asilmegan34
    asilmegan34 Posts: 256 Member
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    Oh yeah, and look how ANOREXIC Jasmine and Ariel are! Wow...
  • kmbrooks15
    kmbrooks15 Posts: 941 Member
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    Kind of scary...they all have basically unattainable figures. They actually look unhealthy when you look at their waistlines.
  • poisongirl6485
    poisongirl6485 Posts: 1,487 Member
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    Meh, I don't get worked up over this. They're cartoons. Cartoons don't look like real people anyway. I LOVE these movies (Little Mermaid was my favorite when I was 4!!! LOL). I dunno, I guess I think people read too far into stuff like this. I never equated Disney princesses to real life when I was little.
  • TheShelterCat
    TheShelterCat Posts: 160
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    I saw this on Facebook already. Stupid in my opinion and grasping at straws.
  • andreacord
    andreacord Posts: 928
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    I saw this on facebook already, never really thought about it until i looked at it .
  • sarah307
    sarah307 Posts: 1,363 Member
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rT28Z0xM88&NR=1

    :)
  • Pocket_Pixi
    Pocket_Pixi Posts: 1,167 Member
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    Aren't fairy tales like this supposed to let little girls dream that some day their prince will come?? I never looked to cartoons growing up. but that is just me
  • kmbrooks15
    kmbrooks15 Posts: 941 Member
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    Normally, I'd agree with you, but with the constant pressure in this country on younger and younger girls to be thin, it can be a bit concerning. My daughter is 12 and is already talking about counting calories even though she is slim already. Little girls grow up playing with Barbies with their insane figures, then they see Disney princesses all looking so skinny. I will say, though, that the girls that dress as these characters at the Disney parks are slim, but not unhealthy slim, so at least the real women they use have reasonable figures.
  • KaironAndTaviansMommy
    KaironAndTaviansMommy Posts: 68 Member
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    I dont like to look that far into Disney movies, they all have somethings in them that arent for kids but they will never know it until they are older anyways. I dont wanna take away the fun times i had as a child with these movies from my kids.... and in all reality... They are cartoons... Just cartoons, not real people. I dont see the people at the Disney land and world having the same figure as the cartoons.
  • woo1324
    woo1324 Posts: 168 Member
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    I think its a interesting picture makes some good points on how beauty is percieved by the creators but still loved the cartoons when i was little and never really thought about what they looked like or their weight ,, my favourite princess was bell and the thing i loved most about her as a child was her beautiful brown eyes like mine and how sweet she was
  • Scott613
    Scott613 Posts: 2,317 Member
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    Jasmine looks like Kim K
  • auntdeedee87
    auntdeedee87 Posts: 706 Member
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    Personally I'm counting on the Cinderella approach.
  • fromaquasar
    fromaquasar Posts: 811 Member
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    This is an interesting one - easy to say it has no effect. But am not so sure - this doco is an excellent comment on it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gkIiV6konY

    For me it's less about the Disney thing and more about the real life women we look up to. I bet none of these ones make it onto most people's lists http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,2029774,00.html
  • koosdel
    koosdel Posts: 3,317 Member
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    Yes. This is where it starts.

    Down with Disney and stuff.
  • poisongirl6485
    poisongirl6485 Posts: 1,487 Member
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    Normally, I'd agree with you, but with the constant pressure in this country on younger and younger girls to be thin, it can be a bit concerning. My daughter is 12 and is already talking about counting calories even though she is slim already. Little girls grow up playing with Barbies with their insane figures, then they see Disney princesses all looking so skinny. I will say, though, that the girls that dress as these characters at the Disney parks are slim, but not unhealthy slim, so at least the real women they use have reasonable figures.

    That's when you as a parent step in and guide your kids, explaining that Disney is not real, healthy doesn't mean stick thin, etc.
  • haldeman5
    haldeman5 Posts: 121 Member
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    The are just cartoon characters...I know my daughter doesn't read into the stories like that...she just enjoys the movie:-) I don't see people worrying that boys are going to grow up and think they will be super heroes and have special powers. There a lot worse programs our kids could watch!
  • rabbit99_47203
    rabbit99_47203 Posts: 85
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    bump
  • mandasimba
    mandasimba Posts: 782 Member
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    What about all the social pressures of the men? :p

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  • asilmegan34
    asilmegan34 Posts: 256 Member
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    Actually disagree about reading too much into this. Little girls IDOLIZE these characters. They see these princesses getting everything they could want and want to be like them. I think to assume that it is stupid and grasping at straws makes you ignorant. It doesn't help when all we tell little girls is how PRETTY they are. It is all media's fault? Heck no! It's just the fact is that these issues start somewhere.

    http://www.familystudies.uconn.edu/undergraduate/honors/posters/Dawn England poster.pdf

    http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/how-fantasy-becomes-reality/200912/first-black-disney-princess-debuts-70-years-after-snow-white
  • thor1god1of1awesome
    thor1god1of1awesome Posts: 481 Member
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    I think this is reading to much into cartoons I mean what's next Pokemon and transformer effect on kids

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