When I was in class 3, I clearly remember while watching Cinderella I had completely believed that my prince charming will come on a white horse looking for me and will take me with him to his castle. I believed that I will be saved, but from what? a class 3 girl wanted to be saved from what? maths?
I completely got into the concept of a fairytale utopic world. I believed in fairies, glass shoes, pumpkin carriages but mainly I wanted my prince to come and take me with him. I would daydream about my fairytale life and big pretty gowns. But little did I know, I would grow up in a person who needed no protection from a prince.
Fairytales inculcate the sense of the make-believe world from a very young age. Children start believing in a ‘perfect’ or ‘magical’ world. It leaves behind a sense of being saved by the end, by a prince. No saving by a prince is needed in the actual world.
The real world is completely different from the utopian land of fairytales. Princesses movies also tend to set standards for appearances, except for Mulan, all princesses are extremely fair and thin, leading to children believe in that standard of beauty from a tender age.
The main problem is every princess had a prince, whereas, in real life, no girl needs a prince. She can be her own hero. It raises the issue of dependency from a young age, whereas, children should be taught to be independent. Dependency can be quite an issue after growing up.
Life begins to wither and lose its deeper meanings and expressions when it becomes engulfed in a perpetual search for a prince charming who will save you from everything. You are worthy enough to save yourself. You do not require any kind of ACCEPTANCE from anybody but yourself.
Nobody else will ever be able to supply it in a sustainable or satisfactory way if I don't originate from a position of self-worthiness. It's related to the idea that “if you don't love yourself, how in the hell are you going to love anybody else?”
I now believe that I am a lovable, loving, good-hearted, talented, and amazing person who deserves all I can imagine and more. I make an active decision to be like this every day. I am enough for me.
“Fairytales teach you that you always need someone else to save you.”
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHY FAIRYTALES ARE STUPID!
