Re:Princesses Are Not Great Role Models for Girls
by mercutio2 on Saturday July 15, 2017 @10:32AM
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Amen!
How do you feel about the marketing, though? I don't object to my daughter reveling in dolls, fancy clothes, and Playmobil, but I do object to specific character brands being pushed at her. I feel they collapse the imagination space too much.
I have, somewhat shockingly to my sneering internal 13 year old boy, allowed My Little Pony branding through my relatively strict anti-brand filter, because the female characters are surprisingly reasonable.
But on the whole, it's a struggle. Every other product my daughter sees at Target is a branded Disney product, and even though she's never even seen most of the characters animated, she's drawn like a moth to a flame.
How do you feel about the marketing, though? I don't object to my daughter reveling in dolls, fancy clothes, and Playmobil, but I do object to specific character brands being pushed at her. I feel they collapse the imagination space too much.
I have, somewhat shockingly to my sneering internal 13 year old boy, allowed My Little Pony branding through my relatively strict anti-brand filter, because the female characters are surprisingly reasonable.
But on the whole, it's a struggle. Every other product my daughter sees at Target is a branded Disney product, and even though she's never even seen most of the characters animated, she's drawn like a moth to a flame.