Stockholm syndrome, racism, and misogynistic male characters. What’s next for Disney? I don’t know about you all, but I have grown up watching Disney movies for as long as I can remember. My central idea or theme is about the effects Disney may cause on our youth and to inform people about said effects so they can use this new found knowledge to decide if Disney movies are good for their kids to watch or not. First of all, have you ever stopped to think that Mickey and Disney as a whole is teaching our young daughters and nieces that falling in love with your captor or giving your voice up just to be with a man is okay? Think of it this way, if your daughter or little sister came home and told you that she was going to be in a relationship with a man who kidnapped …show more content…
So why would we want our kids to watch that? Lastly, have you ever wondered why our youth are so prone to self diagnosis and developing characteristics of misogynistic and self-centered people? By taking a look into Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, we see an example of this shown. We take a look at Stockholm syndrome definition & meaning (no date). Merriam-Webster. Available at: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Stockholm syndrome (Accessed: 08 November 2024). “Stockholm syndrome is the psychological tendency of a hostage to bond with, identify with, or sympathize with his or her captor.” In Beauty and The Beast Belle goes to the castle of the Beast as we all know and saves her father. She offers herself up to the beast and takes her father’s place in a dungeon of sorts. Then as the film proceeds we see the “love” sort of thing if you could even call it that bloom. This is the prime example of Stockholm syndrome because Belle falls in “love” with her captor, aka the Beast. In conclusion, making the change to not let kids watch Disney movies can significantly decrease racism in schools, stop impressionable girls from assuming toxic relationships and Stockholm syndrome is