An Argument on Gender Stereotypes in Disney Princess Movies, APA Style

This assignment presents an argument regarding gender stereotypes in Disney princess movies, utilizing the Toulmin model to structure the analysis. The author claims that Disney princess movies can be beneficial for children, teaching them valuable lessons and promoting decision-making skills. Evidence includes examples of princesses like Snow White and Cinderella, highlighting their bravery and ethical behavior. The backing for this claim is the author's personal experience of allowing her daughter to watch these movies and learn from them. The counter-claim addresses the potential for these movies to reinforce the idea that women need a man for happiness. The rebuttal argues that while it's acceptable to desire a partner, women are capable of independence and should not feel incomplete without one. The assignment uses references from Liechty (2013), Bian, Leslie, & Cimpian (2017), and Bobbitt-Zeher (2011) to support the arguments, following APA style guidelines. The assignment aims to analyze the impact of media on children and their perception of gender roles.

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GENDER STEROTYPE
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GENDER STEROTYPE 1
Claim: The Disney princess movies are not bad for children, it teaches children a lot of new
things and makes them better person. These kinds of stories come with a lesson and build
decision making skills in children. (Bian, Leslie, & Cimpian, 2017).
Evidence: In the book as well, the above claim supported as it is said that Disney princess
helps in teaching the children a lot of things for example- in the case of Snow white
someone was trying to kill her and she ran away and survived on her own. This can teach a
child to be brave and fight problems on own (Liechty, 2013). Secondly the author spoke
about Cinderella who followed ethics and behaved nice with everyone even when people
were bad with her, this thing can teach the children to behave nice with others (Bobbitt-
Zeher, 2011).
Backing: The author discusses that she always allows her daughter to watch all the
princess movies and encourages her to learn the message from the movies. The author also
says that she would be happy if her daughter would learn to live like the princess in Disney
world.
Counter-claim: inferring the reading, usually after watching the princess movies people
think that in order to be happy they need a man or a prince in their life who would keep them
happy and who would rescue them from all the problems also women find this thing
offensive (Liechty, 2013)

GENDER STEROTYPE 2
Rebuttal: It is not bad to dream about a man in your life. However, women nowadays are
strong to take care of themselves and no women need a man, women should not feel
offensive if she aspires a man in her life.

GENDER STEROTYPE 3
REFERENCES
Liechty, C. (2013) “In Defense of Princess Culture.” New York: Rotenberg, 471 – 473.
Bian, L., Leslie, S. J., & Cimpian, A. (2017). Gender stereotypes about intellectual ability
emerge early and influence children’s interests. Science, 355(6323), 389-391.
Bobbitt-Zeher, D. (2011). Gender discrimination at work: Connecting gender stereotypes,
institutional policies, and gender composition of workplace. Gender & Society, 25(6),
764-786.