When you looked at "Is Disney Guilty Too" did you also listen? Snow White sings "whistle while you work." She's joyful and happy. Doing laundry, washing dishes, and cleaning.... Really!
She says she thinks the filthy cottage of the dwarfs belongs to children. If she cleans it, she thinks they'll let her stay. They do, of course. They're seven bachelors, why not? At first, Grumpy hesitates... then he discovers she can cook... she can stay.
But don't worry, Snow White has lots of friends. You know, birds, mice... cute, little, fuzzy forest creatures. They palled around with most of the old Disney girls like Snow White and Cinderella.
These girls were cut off from society. Both missing fathers. Both had evil stepmothers. Both "objectified". Well, that was the old Disney. Those were the times. I loved Disney movies then, love them now. They were imaginative and creative.
Years later Ursula, the sea witch from The Little Mermaid, sets things straight. She tells Arial, "Don't underestimate the importance of body language." She says, "The men out there don't like a lot of blabber...it's she who holds her tongue who gets a man."
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