Better to be a princess now than when she's 15. I knew a 15 year old when went right from her "fairy princess" phase (complete with wings and ball gowns), in to her "rude girl" phase (dressing like my grandpa and going to ska concerts), and then finally into her "angry feminist" phase (shaved head and combat boots, no bra). She had issues, to be sure. Better to work out the role identification in preschool.
Really, being a princess is about being powerful. Yes, it's about conventional ideas of beauty and being objectified to a certain extent, but it's mostly about the desire every girl has to be loved and to be a protagonist in her own life.
Of course, if she just happens to have a toolbelt lying around, she might pick it up on the day she gets tired of trying to climb playground equipment in a ballgown. :)
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Date: 29 Sep 2007 18:32 (UTC)Really, being a princess is about being powerful. Yes, it's about conventional ideas of beauty and being objectified to a certain extent, but it's mostly about the desire every girl has to be loved and to be a protagonist in her own life.
Of course, if she just happens to have a toolbelt lying around, she might pick it up on the day she gets tired of trying to climb playground equipment in a ballgown. :)