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Sunday, January 4, 2015

Disney Princesses: The Perfect Body?


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Disney princesses like Cinderella, Belle and Ariel have been displaying society's "perfect body" for women since the year 2000. This body can be described simply as skinny. Not only this, but they show the impossible look of constant makeup on their faces. Even underwater, Ariel has absolutely no blemishes. 

The problem with this is that, like Barbie, the main audiences of the Disney Princess movies and products is young females. This starts a trend of females seeing their bodies as imperfect. Since this starts at such a young age, as young as three years old, it can only get worse. The problem progresses into adolescence and adulthood.

The only thing we can do about this is realize that these bodies, looks and perceptions of "beauty" are simply unattainable. 

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