The Moral Higher Ground that Ain't as High as it Seems
You want to know why I'm angry? Here's why:
Talk to any woman in post-modern America, and they'll tell you they were raised to believe a Knight in Shining Armor/Prince Charming on a White Horse would some day come and rescue them. I am no exception. I am one in a generation of women and girls that were raised on Disney movies. Many women over the age of 20 will say that Disney films have given them high expectations of men (and the rest of the world) that will never exist. We've been lied to by the warm-hearted folks at Disney.
Aladdin. A genie in a bottle helps a diamond in the rough--a boy who lives on the streets who is kind at heart. Not to mention: HE'S HOT! And a beautiful princess who ISN'T SPOILED. They have animal friends who never lie to them or mistreat them. An evil villain who is defeated in the end by good intentions and kind hearts. And they live happily ever after in a whole new world.
Beauty and the Beast. A movie derived from a French story about a beautiful brunette in France (who, surprisingly doesn't even have a French accent!) who ends up a prisoner in a Chateau owned by a vicious beast who, oddly enough, is really a cursed Prince (cursed because he was selfish and unappreciative) that only has until the last petal on a rose falls before he is cursed forever. His subjects (who are cursed to be furniture simply because they're guilty by association) help her in feeling comfortable and manipulate both of them into realizing that they're meant for each other. The villain, Gaston, wants to kill the beast so he can "imprison" Belle in marriage to him, simply because she's the most beautiful girl in town. Gaston is defeated (as per usual) and they live happily ever after. Oh, and the Beast turns back into a prince. A gorgeous prince at that!
The Little Mermaid. A mermaid who is dying to be human. She's sixteen years old (and not a child!) with impossibly beautiful red hair and a 10 inch waist (not to mention a killer rack). She makes a deal with Ursula (the evil octupus) who manipulates her into her game. She falls madly in love with this human, Eric, upon first sight and he falls in love with her voice. When Ursula changes her into a human, she takes Ariel's voice away from her (oh no! how will Eric know that it's her?! Well, that's the whole plan, folks...). Eric finds out that it's really her one second too late, and as it turns out, Ursula is really out for Ariel's father, King Triton. In the end, Eric (the tall, handsome prince) kills Ursula and saves Ariel. And then her father turns her into a human and she leaves forever to be a human and Eric's wife only to live...happily ever after.
Translate all of this to real life....wouldn't happen. Evil isn't always defeated and smart, kind-hearted girls who are gorgeous generally don't exist. Men have been robbed of this expectation, and that translates to high expectations of women. High expectations of women translates to women who are socialized to have high expectations of themselves and then they thusly project their frustration onto the male race for failing to meet those expectations they were encouraged to believe in from age five.
Why am I angry? Because I was brought up to believe there was a Knight in Shining Armor ready to come and rescue me, when really, all I've had were Retards in Tinfoil.
Talk to any woman in post-modern America, and they'll tell you they were raised to believe a Knight in Shining Armor/Prince Charming on a White Horse would some day come and rescue them. I am no exception. I am one in a generation of women and girls that were raised on Disney movies. Many women over the age of 20 will say that Disney films have given them high expectations of men (and the rest of the world) that will never exist. We've been lied to by the warm-hearted folks at Disney.
Aladdin. A genie in a bottle helps a diamond in the rough--a boy who lives on the streets who is kind at heart. Not to mention: HE'S HOT! And a beautiful princess who ISN'T SPOILED. They have animal friends who never lie to them or mistreat them. An evil villain who is defeated in the end by good intentions and kind hearts. And they live happily ever after in a whole new world.
Beauty and the Beast. A movie derived from a French story about a beautiful brunette in France (who, surprisingly doesn't even have a French accent!) who ends up a prisoner in a Chateau owned by a vicious beast who, oddly enough, is really a cursed Prince (cursed because he was selfish and unappreciative) that only has until the last petal on a rose falls before he is cursed forever. His subjects (who are cursed to be furniture simply because they're guilty by association) help her in feeling comfortable and manipulate both of them into realizing that they're meant for each other. The villain, Gaston, wants to kill the beast so he can "imprison" Belle in marriage to him, simply because she's the most beautiful girl in town. Gaston is defeated (as per usual) and they live happily ever after. Oh, and the Beast turns back into a prince. A gorgeous prince at that!
The Little Mermaid. A mermaid who is dying to be human. She's sixteen years old (and not a child!) with impossibly beautiful red hair and a 10 inch waist (not to mention a killer rack). She makes a deal with Ursula (the evil octupus) who manipulates her into her game. She falls madly in love with this human, Eric, upon first sight and he falls in love with her voice. When Ursula changes her into a human, she takes Ariel's voice away from her (oh no! how will Eric know that it's her?! Well, that's the whole plan, folks...). Eric finds out that it's really her one second too late, and as it turns out, Ursula is really out for Ariel's father, King Triton. In the end, Eric (the tall, handsome prince) kills Ursula and saves Ariel. And then her father turns her into a human and she leaves forever to be a human and Eric's wife only to live...happily ever after.
Translate all of this to real life....wouldn't happen. Evil isn't always defeated and smart, kind-hearted girls who are gorgeous generally don't exist. Men have been robbed of this expectation, and that translates to high expectations of women. High expectations of women translates to women who are socialized to have high expectations of themselves and then they thusly project their frustration onto the male race for failing to meet those expectations they were encouraged to believe in from age five.
Why am I angry? Because I was brought up to believe there was a Knight in Shining Armor ready to come and rescue me, when really, all I've had were Retards in Tinfoil.