Wednesday, October 16, 2013

The Princess Ideal: Where did it begin?

The idea of little girls wanting to be a princess has been going on since the medieval times, maybe even before that. It's very simple to figure out where it came from.
In these times princesses and royalty were beyond magical to the peasants and others that lived. They were hated, but also envied. They got everything they wanted, while others had little, or nothing at all. To be a princess was a dream of every little girl. They envied the beautiful gowns, the delicacies, the ponies, the carriages, and the huge castle.

Has this changed? Absolutely not. The term has just transformed into many different areas of our lives. It's not only royal people who are viewed in this way, but other people viewed to be royalty. The term princess has spread all across the charts to explain certain people, even if it isn't used that way.

The United States does this more than any other area in the world. We put normal people, just because of their money and status on a pedestal that we all strive to be on.

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