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  • Essay / The Influence of Mass Media - 720

    This call slowly sparked a small change in all the media we see in the world today. One example of this small but significant change is the modern twist on traditional fairy tales such as the 2010 Disney film Tangled. Tangled is a modern film loosely based on a traditional fairy tale from the Brothers Grimm storybook . The major twist in this tale is that the princess saves herself and her man, unlike the traditional fairy tale of the prince saving the princess like Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Snow White, etc. The timing of this film's release is no coincidence, as in recent years many people have become aware that the traditional bedtime stories they tell their children feature men and especially men. women in a very specific way that is not always the most flattering for either gender. This is mainly due to the way these tales were used in early societies. Traditional fairy tales were used in early societies not only as a means of entertaining children, but also as a "means of education" to ingrain gender roles and rules put in place by that society's culture into children listening to the fairy tale. Women were mothers, housekeepers, cooks or the classic damsel in distress. In the majority of these stories, the well-liked woman has everything