Gender Stereotypes In Fairy Tales

Young girls and marginalized groups are especially vulnerable in society because of the culture they’re raised in and what they are taught to believe is acceptable and normal in relationships and society. Right from childhood young girls are taught that they are objects that are chosen by men. Fairy tales send misleading messages to young girls about love and relationships. I think the media socializes people, and shows them certain social scripts on how to behave and how their expected to behave in society. Disney fairy tales are a good example of this because they depict how the media thinks romance and gender roles should be played out. In the Article peer involvement in adolescent dating violence, it states that social and popular media, which inform standards, appearances, and behavior, also heavily influences adolescent social norms. Often in the fairy tales men are shown as handsome, big and strong, and the women are beautiful, fragile and petite. I also think that their looks and qualities are hyper
In these films the men have all the power and control. Women are portrayed more timid, and weak. They’re also not strong emotionally like the guys in the films. They’re soft-spoken and kind of docile. I think this pattern also plays out in adolescent dating, where the girls usually don’t have a lot of control in the relationship and just follow the guy’s lead. I can see how, young boys might think they have to be aggressive and chase after girls, and be the initiator of the relationship. I think this may be a factor in adolescent dating violence. This expectation to act aggressive and protective of women, and so much that other male’s act aggressive towards other males, or to the females they’re dating. I believe that these gender roles, attribute to adolescent dating violence. The gender roles portrayed in fair tales are stereotypical and