Fairy tales that are often narrated to children as bedtime stories are highly misogynistic and sexist. These stories have been known to portray women as nothing but damsels in distress. These stories have a way of depicting women as passive characters who are not capable of protecting themselves. The princesses in these stories are not even given a real voice, they are depicted as dolls who just exist to glorify the muscle power of the male protagonist in the story.
When we tell these stories to children, we knowingly or unknowingly teach them that women are just supposed to be a side character or a damsel in distress in life. We teach the children that women are not capable of taking care of themselves. Our world has changed a lot in the past decades, and it’s time for us to change these stories as well. We shouldn’t be narrating these old sexist and misogynistic fairy tales to children anymore. Afterall, children are the ones that are going to be the future of this country, and we should raise them with a better mindset than we were raised with.