Originally Posted by KariSue
then we would probably be only allowed to watch Disney movies.
Historically, Disney movies have provided the worst role models ever for young girls. The ideas that being pretty is valued above all and that you a need a man to rescue you both come straight from fairy tales. We give our little girls Barbies without batting an eye...even though "if scaled into real life proportions, she would be 5 feet, 9 inches, (1.75 m) measuring 36-18-33. According to research by the University Central Hospital in Helsinki, Finland, she would lack the requisite 17 to 22 percent of body fat required to menstruate." Ahhhh, a fine role model.
Thankfully Disney is moving toward female protagonists who are smart and resourceful, who don't need a prince to solve their problems.
If we want to talk about the impact 50 shades might have on our young women, we need to go back farther than that. Way farther.