Society in general loves the idea of the handsome prince riding up on a white horse and saving the poor, helpless damsel in distress. Fairytales colored my childhood and helped give me a positive outlook on love and life in general.
However....I am a woman. I am not helpless. I don't need some greasy man with happy loving hands running my life. The difference between fairytales and reality is that modern day princesses save the world- they don't wait for men to save the world for them.
So...pretty much my favorite princess is Belle. Think about it. She is smart, beautiful, caring, loving, and she doesn't take the Beast's crap. She doesn't let him push her around, she makes her own decisions, and then he comes in for the things that she can't or doesn't want to do herself- such as saving her from a pack of rabid wolves.
A negative example would be Christine in the Phantom of the Opera. What kind of self-respecting woman lets the man she loves come almost get himself killed by a madman in a dungeon? There were hundreds of candlesticks around...she could've attempted to knock the Phantom out with one of them. Even if she failed miserably, (as I probably would) at least she would've tried.
Nowadays, many men seem to think that being the gentleman and caring for the woman in their lives means they have to fight dragons. Other chauvinistic men are...well..chauvinist. Women are not stupid!
Luckily, there are hundreds of men who are the embodiment of a gentleman- opening doors, carrying heavy loads, getting chairs...without turning into the caveman "I am man. I must lead."
Thanks to the modern-day fairytale makers!
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This is life: the beauty is there, and then all the time, every minute, a little piece of heaven falls right into your hand. You just have to open your palm and accept it.
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