It's not just Disney that produces insipid women that are give horrible role models for little girls. You've must be beautiful, a victim and helpless and wait for a man to save you.
Early Disney women were based on Cinderella and Snow White both of whom could have founded Victims Anonymous. When my daughter was subjected to them, there were discussions on "What could _____ have done to improve her situation rather than wait to be rescued?"
Thus Snow White and Cinderella could have formed a cleaning service together. Unfortunately they hadn't developed other skills than cleaning, but since they did that well, they probably would have been successful.
Rapunzel could have used her hair to build a ladder to escape the tower and then roll up her hair and make wigs.
Shrek's Fiona was of a different mold, although. She had spunk. And all the handsome men were real pigs, which gave the message that beauty is more than skin deep.
A small improvement in the cultural education of little girls today.
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