Little Girls or Little Women
Keyiona Cobb
Freshman Comp
200-320
February 16, 2015
Disney Princesses
“Little Girls or Little Women? The Disney Princess Effect” is an article by Stephanie Hanes which touches on the princess phenomenon many young girls are obsessed with. Stephanie Hanes concludes that the Disney Princess craze is linked to self-objectification and the growing sexualization of young girls. Although she provided numerous facts the argument was unsuccessful because it was weak and confusing. Her own personal opinion on why she blamed the Disney Empire for sexualization amongst young girls was rarely voiced. Lastly the main idea of the article gets masked by controversial expert claims that are not linked to the topic. Stephanie Hane’s article contains numerous facts but it is not well structured and because of that it can be confusing for the reader. She discusses the epidemic of sexualization in young girls through a cause and effect standpoint. Stephanie also uses a logic appeal and she does this by raising the question, “Do little girls become women too soon?”(Hanes482). In hopes to give more clarity on how the Disney princesses affect young girls, she starts her article of with the story of Mary Finucane. Mary Finucane believes the shift in her daughter Caoimhe began when she discovered the Disney Princesses. She goes on to state her daughter just sat around waiting on her prince which made Caoimhe less imaginative, spunky, and interested in the world. . Unfortunately after the story of Mary Finucane the article just gets really jumbled and could cause her to lose the reader’s attention. Furthermore in the article Stephanie describes the Disney princesses as omnipresent, pastel and slender-waist heroines (Hanes482). She really makes a statement with her choice of wording and gives the reader insight on how she views the Disney Princess Empire as a whole. After that no real vital information from Stephanie’s point of view was given and one would conclude that some type of
Freshman Comp
200-320
February 16, 2015
Disney Princesses
“Little Girls or Little Women? The Disney Princess Effect” is an article by Stephanie Hanes which touches on the princess phenomenon many young girls are obsessed with. Stephanie Hanes concludes that the Disney Princess craze is linked to self-objectification and the growing sexualization of young girls. Although she provided numerous facts the argument was unsuccessful because it was weak and confusing. Her own personal opinion on why she blamed the Disney Empire for sexualization amongst young girls was rarely voiced. Lastly the main idea of the article gets masked by controversial expert claims that are not linked to the topic. Stephanie Hane’s article contains numerous facts but it is not well structured and because of that it can be confusing for the reader. She discusses the epidemic of sexualization in young girls through a cause and effect standpoint. Stephanie also uses a logic appeal and she does this by raising the question, “Do little girls become women too soon?”(Hanes482). In hopes to give more clarity on how the Disney princesses affect young girls, she starts her article of with the story of Mary Finucane. Mary Finucane believes the shift in her daughter Caoimhe began when she discovered the Disney Princesses. She goes on to state her daughter just sat around waiting on her prince which made Caoimhe less imaginative, spunky, and interested in the world. . Unfortunately after the story of Mary Finucane the article just gets really jumbled and could cause her to lose the reader’s attention. Furthermore in the article Stephanie describes the Disney princesses as omnipresent, pastel and slender-waist heroines (Hanes482). She really makes a statement with her choice of wording and gives the reader insight on how she views the Disney Princess Empire as a whole. After that no real vital information from Stephanie’s point of view was given and one would conclude that some type of
Cited: Hanes, Stephanie “Everything’s An Argument”