Summary Of Cinderella And Princess Culture

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“Cinderella and Princess Culture” by Peggy Orenstein. Published December 24, 2006 by New York Times magazine. The author Peggy Orenstein is a feminist writer and is conductive in writing for the New York Times magazine, most of her writings are about gender stereotypes. In the article Peggy Orenstein sets out to investigate “princess” culture after having a daughter who enjoyed dressing as Cinderella and other story book princesses, while investigating she discovered an enormous corporate money-making machine (Orenstein 326).
The main idea in paragraph one through five is about how girls today should like pink because that’s what society wants them to like and stereotyping young girls. Grocery clerks, waitresses, dentists and more strangers

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