APS
29th APS Annual Convention · 2017
Are Disney Princess Characters Healthy for Young Girls’ Body Image?
- Helga Dittmar
University of Sussex - Roderick Bond
University of Sussex - Asta Bjarnadottir
University of Sussex - Hannah Ewers
University of Sussex - Amy Hammond
University of Sussex
Abstract
Disney Princesses present a toxic body ideal: as flesh-and-blood women they would be too thin for survival. Parents, teachers, and health experts report concern about harm to young girls, who perceive these princesses as healthy-looking. Experiments document that exposing 5-7-year-olds to ultra-thin (but not healthy-sized) princesses causes negative body image.
Health
