How Does Stephanie Hanes Use Stereotypes By Mary Finucane

We live in a society where everywhere we look we are presented with a form of media that is trying to influence us in some way, whether it is to buy a product, support a cause, or make a change to our way of thinking. Stephanie Hanes uses this in her article about Mary Finucane’s look on how Disney princesses are a negative influence on little girls. In her article she uses logos, pathos and audience to support her poor arguement on Finucane’s point of view. Hanes uses logos by going over how Finucane came to the conclusion that her three year old daughter became a victim in this cyberbullying society. While she provides the reader with several facts and supports her main idea with a variety of expert opinions the argument is poorly written. In Hanes argument she starts by quoting examples of Mary Finucane’s theory like "Everyone seemed to think it was inevitable," Finucane says. "You know, it was Disney Princesses from [ages] 2 to 5, then Hannah Montana, then ‘High School Musical.' I thought it was so strange that these were the new trajectories of female childhood." and

She did this by broadening the issue. Hanes says that the media is making women believe that “felling empowered to be a sex object…” (485). This is causing issues that are effecting other female age groups such as depression, eating disorders, and physical health problems. She tied this with the “Disney effect” by showing the increase in depression, eating disorders, and physical health issues she managed to spark the interest of a larger group. While trying to reach out to her audience she does over use quotes and it does confuse the audience, causing them to backtrack and causing her argument to weaken. The one thing she did not do is express her own opinion, her essay was full of experts’ opinions and not enough of her