death upon my fairy tales

"someday, my prince will come..."
~snowhite~

i was asked by a friend of mine yesterday if i liked fairy tales and if i believed in them. well, as a kid, my dad used to read me all these tales about snowhite, sleeping beauty and cinderella (his version actually, he told me vanilla ice was the performer on prince charming's ball, and everyone was dancing to the tune of "ice ice baby". nice one, dad). even so, i never did agree with fairy tales. you see, they always portray women as helpless beings and that the only thing they can be proud of is their beauty. they either lie around sleeping or locked in a tower waiting for their handsome prince charming to come and rescue them. whatsupwidat?!?

in my opinion, fairy tales teaches kids, especially girls that women are basically the weaker sex. so not true, because it has been proven over and over again that anything guys can do, women can do better. why do you think we had two lady presidents? or why do you think the leaders in the top industries are women? simply because we know how to rule. we command both poise and power, something that guys cannot do.

so sue me, walt disney, cause chicks rock!