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The Smurfette Principle By Katah Pollitt

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Smurfette Principle is when the cast is made up of a group of males with exactly one female character. The essay by Katha Pollitt, “The Smurfette Principle” creates a negative message into young children by saying that boys are the one who has adventures and female are the ones who are a type of diversion who are always shown in relation with boys. There are females who are shown strong in the cartoon such a Cinderella, Ariel from “The Little Mermaid”. When parents give gifts to their children they find it wrong and terrible.
Katha Pollitt’s essay, “The Smurfette Principle” states that there are a group of males but only one female character in some fictional cartoons. Man is the main character of television shows, movies, etc. and women are
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