Do foolish fairy tales create submissive women?
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A researcher with the lovely name of Darker-Smith says reading fairy tales encourages submissive traits in females. Perhaps they read the fairy tales because of their nature? Chicken - Egg.
Wonder how old her respondents were. Did the fairy tales come from the Brothers Grimm or - more likely - Disney movies? Bible stories?
Is expecting a lover to change behavior submissive or simply foolish?
But illiterate women who grow up watching television to the exclusion of books may have better emotional health. Um, yeah.
A study of both parents of primary school children and women who have been involved in domestic abuse claims than those who grew up reading fairy tales are likely to be more submissive as adults.
Susan Darker-Smith, a graduate student who wrote the academic paper, said she found many abuse victims identified with characters in famous children’s literature and claimed the stories provide “templates” of dominated women.
Fairy tales linked to violent relationships
Via Gloria Brame
