Did Disney Screw Up Your Daughter?

Recent polls have shown that feminism among young women under 30 is at an all time low. Today, only 15 percent of women under 35 consider themselves feminists. I can't possibly give you all the reasons for this, but I can give you one reason I think could be partially responsible.You see, in the 1950's we were in a sort of anti-feminist wave, coming off the hills of the Rosie the Riveter era, and Disney was one of the most visible culprits of this trend. Heroins such as Cinderella and Aurora are a feminist's nightmare. Fast forward thirty years to the arrival of the videotape, and the Disney films of yore were once again distributed en mass to hoards of little girls ready and waiting to be molded. In an era supposedly post-feminist, they were once again indoctrinated with fifties propaganda. And, the Disney company,seeing the success of the re-releases, copied the formula with frightening success. The problem with the wait for Prince Charming message is, it's simply unrealistic. Maybe this is the reason behind a generation of young women who are confused and saddened over why Prince Charming didn't come. I'm not blaming Disney as a whole, but we'd be idiots to assume that our world view is not shaped by our media. Maybe next time, parents and society should do a better job of explaining to our children the difference between fantasy and reality.