Are Disney's Princesses horrible role models for your children?

The Disney Princesses are a controversial subject among some parents. Either they're considered iconic reminders of Disney's animated classics, or ubiquitous examples of the studio's marketing genius. Worse still, some cultural critics believe the princesses are dangerous, anti-feminist role models for young girls.

But not all princesses are alike. Disney's reigning beauties all have something to offer, even the old-school ones who are more damsels-in-distress than their contemporary counterparts. Moviefone has ranked the princesses according to the example they set for the girls who love them and want to be them.

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Well, they're not GREAT role models for children, but I don't think they're horrible, per se. There is a lingering sentiment from a lot of those films that women can't do it on their own, though, and that's problematic and potentially dangerous, but it's never the dominating theme of the film at least to the point where a child would take away that notion from watching it...but I'm not a little girl.

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[KT]

Cuts both ways, I'm afraid. On one end of the spectrum, you have someone like Snow White, who is as girlishly gullible as you can get and takes pride in doing housework for men. Then, on the opposite extreme, you have the modern-day princesses who are expected to act masculine and swordfight and shit just to "even the playing field." Disney seems to have a hard time finding a happy medium -- a strong female character that's neither naive but not a trained ninja either.