Here’s some more critical university research: Fairy tales “contain so many stereotypes they could be just as harmful as the sexual images paraded in pop videos.” Naturally, this important work can be found in a depository called “Gender and Society.”
Here’s a quotation from one of the researchers, who read ? excuse me, analyzed 168 fairly tales (probably took the better part of an afternoon):
?We had predicted that as women?s status increased in the 20th Century, there would be less emphasis on looks and beauty,? she said. ?But those that had been reproduced were tales that heightened and glorified female beauty.?
Yeah? Well, tough break, ug-bo.
