At this point in time, I feel like it's almost considered a weakness to be traditionally feminine.
"ew, you like big dresses and makeup and clothes? and you want to fall in love? grow up! you've been brainwashed by society. be yourself! don't be a stereotype!"
It's okay if you're more tomboyish or masculine! That's great! It just seems like people frown down on people who are the ultimate girly girl, like we've been pressured to be this way. No! I just like being like this! And why can't I wear a full face & a princess dress while I roast the crap out of someone? I can be feminine and kick butt. BEING FEMININE IS NOT BEING WEAK.
this is so random but i feel like it's a little bit of a problem
Very valid.
I know! Like I love Barbie Movies, they were my child hood and I still adore them, I honestly think they have films that top Disney when it comes to messaging. Just look at the way they handled the rebellious teen trope in Magic of the Pegasus, Brilliant. At the end both the Parents and the Child Apologized for their behavior, that's called good, solid messaging right there. I have two nieces who's mother and father are very condescending of the typical 'girl' things and it's really sad to see. The Younger one is 3 and she loves princesses and her favorite color is pink, she loves flowers and bows and pretty dresses, and she get's no support from her parents. The Older one, used to love all of those things, every time she would come to visit the first this she would do is ask me to do her hair and play dress up. She is 11 now, and she came over to visit and when my sister and I were talking about Barbie she said "Ew, Barbie is girly." I'm alright with her deciding she doesn't like things, but when she say's "Ew that's girly." But looks longingly at the princess dresses, that's not ok, that's called being pressured into not liking something that you enjoy.
I see why this happened, I also have Two Nephews, same parents. They love Pokemon, and you know what, their parents shower them in Pokemon crap. They love star wars, same deal. When the girls get into the more 'boy' things they're rewarded. It just hurts to see that they are training their girls to think that being a girl is bad. By the end of my older Nieces visit We seemed to have untrained that a bit but, one week is nothing compared to years with your parents so.
Any way it's just sad. and that was my rant about crappy social constructs.