Women are pitted against each other since early childhood. Don't believe me? All we have to do is take a closer look at the movies we watched growing up. My husband and I were making a list of the movies we wanted to get on dvd to start the collection for our son when all of a sudden it hit me. From an early age little girls are all about the Disney movies, the princess movies. There are tons of people out there that day Disney gives girls an unrealistic view on love and men but nobody points out how the other important relationships are portrayed.
Let's take a look at some of the classics...Cinderella is hated by her step-mother and step-sisters. Snow White is almost killed by orders of the evil queen. Aurora is cursed by an evil fairy. Why? Where is all this hate coming from? Typically it's because the "princess" is more beautiful, so wouldn't it be safe to assume that we are teaching young girls to hate each other. Sure the princess always wins in the end, but the moral of the story may be lost or even skewed as only the pretty shall succeed and thus we hate even more.
Why do we not put boys against each other like that? Bambi, Fox and the Hound, The Goonies, Stand by Me - all a bunch of boys that may rough house or talk shit but love each other and protect each other. Loyalty is instilled in boys from a very young age while girls are taught hatred, jealousy, and only the pretty win in the end.
Perhaps that's why men have less drama and women thrive on it. Or why men typically talk or punch out their problems and women just choose ignore the person that wronged them.
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