[Mary-T]

I was shocked the last time I walked into a Disney Store. Disney was marketing certain movies, like ‘Cinderella’ and ‘Beauty and the Beast,’ under the Princess Collection. Half the store was pink-washed and obviously meant for the girls. This unfortunately may give young girls a bad message: ‘These are the movies and toys and clothes for you, but these ones over, they’re NOT for you.’ This also works both ways: what should prevent a little boy from liking ‘Snow White’? Then again, what boy would want to be in the ‘pink’ part of the store? Anytime a barrier, even if it is small and may seem stupid and insignificant, is set up telling kids what they should and should not like, I think this is horrible. I was raised on both Barbie and Transformers, the CareBears and Legos. I rarely saw that something was for boys and something was for girls (besides Barbies, which I knew who they were ‘meant’ for right away). This might explain where I’m coming from a little more.

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Name : Mary-T, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Catholic, Age : 21, City : Chicago, State : IL, Country : United States, Occupation : Student/Accountant, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Upper middle class, 

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