Disney Princesses Are Bad Role Models

Walt Disney has been making girls think that in order to be beautiful you have to be the perfect shape and size. (Shortridge). Some people believe that the Disney Princesses are great role models for children because Mulan teaches us to never give up on the strengths we have just because we are girls, Belle teaches us to never judge a book by its cover, and Pocahontas shows us real princesses are strong leaders. On the other hand, some individuals feel that Disney Princesses are bad role models because of their unrealistic body appearance, telling girls every marriage ends with a happily ever after when you get married at a young age, and saying every girl needs a man in order to be happy. Both sides have valid points but in reality everyone

Well, that is a false statement. The average age for a man to get married is twenty nine years old and the average age for a woman to get married is at twenty six. At the age of 14 and up most teens have no idea how to take care of themselves. Women that marry under the age of 18 are most likely to go into poverty because they drop out of school and, therefore, lack the knowledge of how to meet the family needs. Did you know about fifteen million girls are married before the age of eighteen each year? Not all marriages end with a happily ever after, in fact, 59% of all marriages at the age of 18 end with a divorce within fifteen years. As a result, all the Disney Princess movies share one common goal. That goal is for every princess to get married. Disney Princesses have been telling us that it is okay to get married at a young age and think it will lead to happily ever after. Did you know all of the Disney Princesses got married under the age of twenty? Did you also know that the youngest princess to get married was Snow White at the age of fourteen and the oldest princess to get married was Tiana from Princess and the Frog and Cinderella? They got married at the age of nineteen (Faherty). Have you ever noticed the Disney movies never show any of the princesses going to school? Instead, they show them as people who are treated poorly. Showing princesses getting

Telling and showing kids all over the world that a women needs a man in her life to be happy, getting married at a young age is okay and body image matters if you want to be beautiful are all things that are false statements. This issue has a major impact on today's world because there are a lot of women who think they need a man in their life in order to be happy. Some women think their relationship is strong enough for marriage at a young age and some women think their appearance is everything. Women need to understand that they are strong enough to be by themselves and they are beautiful just the way they are. This global issue matters because it is affecting children all over the world. Little kids look up to these characters like a hero, and the hero is setting a bad example of what they should stride for in life. In the event that bad role models could lead to kids developing health problems, marriage problems and to failure. Ultimately, We can change what looks like perfect into a healthy beautiful person living life