Over the years, young girls all over the world have fallen in love with the princess culture. Peggy Orenstein, a contributing author for the New York Times, writes about her strong feelings on how princesses have adverse effects on children in her article, “Cinderella and Princess Culture.” The author does not see princesses as just a passing interest for young girls, but as a leading reason for their self-confidence issues. Orenstein wants to make sure that the generations of girls to come stay individualized and do not fall into the trap of what society wants them to be. Using strong feminist ideals, Orenstein allows the reader to see eye to eye, expanding on how princesses are digressing the progress that has been made in the lives of woman
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Orenstein convinces readers that the princess culture is poisonous to younger generations by using personal experiences. Through the usage of words like, “evil stepmother,” “royal rubric,” and “royal moment,” she creates a fairytale-like tone. A primary example of this is when Orenstein experiences this conversation between her daughter and her dentist, “’Would you like to sit in my special princess throne so I can sparkle your teeth?’ I lost it. ‘Oh, for God’s sake,’ I snapped. ‘Do you have a princess drill, too?’ She stared at me as if I were an evil stepmother” (326). This may seem as if Orenstein uses hostility to get her point across in the real world, but in reality this shows how much she cares for her daughter. She wants to insure that her (daughter) future will be bright and the princess culture will not have any undesirable effects on her. Orenstein intentionally added the contrasting viewpoints to ensure that the reader could see where she is coming from. By applying these interesting fairytale words, she grasps …show more content…
Specifically, Orenstein shares that, “school-age girls overwhelmingly reported a paralyzing pressure to be ‘perfect’: not only to get straight A’s and be the student- body president…. But also to be ‘kind and caring,’ ‘please everyone, be very thin and dress right.’ Give those girls a pumpkin and a glass slipper and they’d be in business” (329). This deteriorates the legitimacy of the author because a small interest, such as princesses, is not the only reason as to why girls strive to be “perfect.” This elaboration on the issues that the princess epidemic produces limits Orenstein’s ability to reach a valid argument. By adding more reasons as to why a child, specifically a young girl, would feel self-conscious about her own body when role playing a princess will revitalize Orenstein’s argument. A topic that Orenstein could have added to ameliorate the reader’s understanding of the article would be to connect the topic to more current examples of why children of today’s society have lack of self-confidence. Orenstein’s success in the field of writing shows that she has had
Orenstein convinces readers that the princess culture is poisonous to younger generations by using personal experiences. Through the usage of words like, “evil stepmother,” “royal rubric,” and “royal moment,” she creates a fairytale-like tone. A primary example of this is when Orenstein experiences this conversation between her daughter and her dentist, “’Would you like to sit in my special princess throne so I can sparkle your teeth?’ I lost it. ‘Oh, for God’s sake,’ I snapped. ‘Do you have a princess drill, too?’ She stared at me as if I were an evil stepmother” (326). This may seem as if Orenstein uses hostility to get her point across in the real world, but in reality this shows how much she cares for her daughter. She wants to insure that her (daughter) future will be bright and the princess culture will not have any undesirable effects on her. Orenstein intentionally added the contrasting viewpoints to ensure that the reader could see where she is coming from. By applying these interesting fairytale words, she grasps …show more content…
Specifically, Orenstein shares that, “school-age girls overwhelmingly reported a paralyzing pressure to be ‘perfect’: not only to get straight A’s and be the student- body president…. But also to be ‘kind and caring,’ ‘please everyone, be very thin and dress right.’ Give those girls a pumpkin and a glass slipper and they’d be in business” (329). This deteriorates the legitimacy of the author because a small interest, such as princesses, is not the only reason as to why girls strive to be “perfect.” This elaboration on the issues that the princess epidemic produces limits Orenstein’s ability to reach a valid argument. By adding more reasons as to why a child, specifically a young girl, would feel self-conscious about her own body when role playing a princess will revitalize Orenstein’s argument. A topic that Orenstein could have added to ameliorate the reader’s understanding of the article would be to connect the topic to more current examples of why children of today’s society have lack of self-confidence. Orenstein’s success in the field of writing shows that she has had