This article reminded me of what Marina Bychkova [creator of Enchanted Dolls] has said about Beauty and the Beast to describe her Beauty-inspired porcelain BJD doll. To quote: The Stockholm syndrome is a human defense mechanism in life-threatening situations. Medical dictionaries define Stockholm syndrome as “an extraordinary phenomenon in which a hostage begins to identify with and grow sympathetic to their captor, essentially mistaking a lack of abuse as an act of kindness.” In my opinion, the fairy tale of Beauty and the Beast is a romanticized hostage situation, where the Beast is a narcissistic sociopath, while the Beauty is his vulnerable hostage who is losing touch with reality and “falling in love” with her captor to survive a deeply traumatizing ordeal. Moreover, the very act of romanticizing a fundamentally disturbing account of a woman’s abduction, subjugation and unlawful imprisonment into a pretty fairy tale to teach girls compassion and kindness towards monsters, seems to be a manifestation of a Stockhom syndrome in itself, perhaps to facilitate survivial in a world of systematic abuse and violence against women. Maleficent is an example of violence against women disguised as a fairytale. As the article emphasized, Its a commentary on rape culture. And much more, its a story that allows a woman to recover. It gives her agency. It gives her power. It allows her to reclaim the story. And this is something that cant be ignored. #maleficent #stopviolenceagainstwomen #fairytales #twistedfairytales #disney #brothersgrimm #rapeculture
Posted on: Mon, 09 Jun 2014 13:11:52 +0000
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