Disney Princesses

Most fairy tails follow a typical storyline girl meets prince, something goes wrong, the problem gets resolved, and the girl and the prince end up together. In Deborah Ross's article Escape from Wonderland: Disney and the Female Imagination she argues that this these stories objectify women and focusing the on only the goal of marriage. However we have to look at this from the context of the time period. A medieval woman marrying someone of their own choice out of love instead of because the marriage was arranged, would have been a huge female accomplishment. Today a big female accomplishment would be a women becoming a lawyer, doctor, CEO, or even president but in those days this sort of thing was impossible. Although a young child cannot completely understand this context they can learn important lessons. Belle teaches them that looks are not every thing. Ariel teaches them not to give up something important for a guy. Tiana teaches them to work hard to reach their goal. I would love to see more fairy tales that do not follow the stereotypical story line like Princess and the Frog based in a more modern era or Sherk (yes I do realize this is not Disney) told from the male point of view with a more comical tone. I think some people are slightly over analyzing these movies. I'm not saying that everything in them is completely right but why can't we just sing the catchy songs and enjoy the movie.