Talk:Merida DunBroch/@comment-187.54.96.164-20150316015701/@comment-24667521-20150316174647

I can't really understand your grammar, but I've gotta say that I'm really sick and tired of the "single=strong" stereotype. I don't hate Merida for being single--that's her choice. But I get really mad when people think she's better than the other princesses JUST because she's single.

I mean, look at Anna. She's the one with a boyfriend at the end of Frozen, while Elsa isn't, and yet Anna is the most empotionally strong character in the whole movie. She never gives up on her sister, ever. Even when she's naive, confused, and has no idea what love is, she never gives up, even at the cost of her own life. That is stregnth, and it's certainly not nullified by the fact that she ends up with Kristoff.

Rapunzel is able to stand up to her abusive mother and go out into the world to creat her own happily ever after. She remains optimistic and loving despite all those years of abuse. That is also strength, and it doesn't change when she ends up with Euene.

Cinderella had to deal with nineteen years of abuse, and she still had the courage to believe in a brighter future for herself. That is strength. Snow White made a home for herself and was able to find allies and a place to stay despite the fact that she's a fourteen-year old girl on the run from a murderer. That is strength.

Belle isn't going to conform to societies expectations, she goes out to find adventure, and she is able to see the beauty in others. Jasmine was not going to marry just anyone, and her determination prompted her father to change the law. Mulan saved a country. Pocahontas stopped a war. Ariel brough peace between humans and merpeople.

That. is. Strength.

All of those ladies ended up with a man, but did that make them any less stong? No.

It's not like Elsa and Merida aren't strong either. Merida changed her fate and mended the bond with her mother. Elsa did whatever she could to keep her sister safe and was able to love herself at the end. That's strength too. But it has nothing to do with the fact that they're single. It's who they are. Same with the other princesses.

In my opinion, we should stop trying to teach girls that "you don't need a man! Having a man makes you weak!!" Instead, we should teach them that it's their choice whether they want a man or not--and they are strong and amazing no matter what they choose.

I'm done ranting.