The Effects Of Princesses In Peggy Orensteins Cinderella...

The Effects of Princesses In â€Å"Cinderella and Princess Culture,† Peggy Orenstein compares girls lives to princesses. Society is stereotyping girls as princesses negatively impacting girls well being. As a result, Orenstein claims society should stop stereotyping girls as princesses and have parents limit the girls exposure to them. Orenstein proves her claim by stating playing with princesses lowers girls self-esteem and can harm their mental and physical health. Orenstein also states the word princess is such a broad meaning, that it is very misunderstood. For example, when one hears the word princess they can think of a girl wearing a fancy dress, or all the princess products. A lot of girls are being stereotyped as being a princess,†¦show more content†¦All these points the author made, make a reader believe she is against princesses, supporting her argument. Yet, later on in the article, the author started contradicting herself drawing back the argument. The a uthor believes girls shouldn’t be referred to as a princess, but later on, she states how the word princess has no meaning. â€Å"Part of the genius of Princess is that its meaning is so broadly constructed that it actually has no meaning† (Orenstein 328). This can confuse a reader since the author feels society should stop stereotyping girls, and then we figure out there is no actual meaning. Readers can question how can a person be stereotyped as a princess if they have no meaning? What even is a princess? Contradictions can leave people in question of everything the author said. It can take away the importance of a message the author states by leaving a whole new thought in their mind. If the author did not include that section, the readers would not question her message. Thus, the author contradictions draw readers away from the actual claim. Even though Orenstein can contradict herself at times, her argument is very strong by the rhetorical questions she uses. Throughout the article, the author writes about the rise in Disney products. Orenstein writes a lot of the rise was due to Disney’s Counsel discussing the vision of a princess room. To describe the visions the author uses a series of rhetorical questions to let readers imagineShow MoreRelatedEssay on Comparative Critique905 Words   |  4 Pagesclassic fairytale of Cinderella has been reinvented multiple times to correspond with the viewpoints of feminist authors. Poniewozik claims in his article The Princess Paradox that girls choosing the fairy-tale ending is not such a bad thing (667). However Peggy Orenstein, a contributing writer for The New York Times, would completely disagree with that statement. Orenstein stresses in her article Cinderella and Princess Culture that the princess craze and girlie-girl culture is ruining youngRead MoreAnalysis Of Disn ey s What s Wrong With Cinderella 1299 Words   |  6 PagesDisney makes over $3 billion on their Disney Princess products every year and now have over 25,000 items in their princess collection (Orenstein 2). Disney has played a big role in shaping not only societal viewpoints on what young girls should like, but also what little girls believe they should enjoy as well. Gender stereotypes have been around for a long time, but now with technology advancements, such as media in western society is able to play a bigger than ever role in influencing people’s