Once they give birth to a beautiful baby girl, parents often call her their little princess; when she has a newborn, this little girl will often attract all the attention of her surroundings, she will be covered in the most adorable dresses; pretty shoes, baby clothes that say "princess" on them and a bedazzled bow or headband, maybe a room that's only pink, letters on her wall above her crib saying "little princess" from mom.” There's nothing wrong with spoiling your little girl. But over time, her idea of ​​her gender role begins to develop. Buying her princess toys, surrounding her in pink and watching Disney movies about the beauty of princesses, always getting her prince charming and living a charmed life forever, is a dangerous "reality" for young girls to create. Eventually, as they grow from childhood to young adulthood, girls in this type of environment may develop a constructed gender identity that they are superior and deserving of a charmed life. This is a dangerous reality for these young girls because they will grow up believing that they have the right to a fairytale life, to pure beauty, to marry the man of their dreams, to conceive beautiful children and to live happily ever after, but sometimes life isn't. a fairy tale and you don't always get what you want. A typical American girl's bedroom consists of: books about princesses, dresses, tutu, pink sheets, a white dresser, with nail polish and childish makeup. high. Different types of dolls are scattered everywhere and princess movies stacked next to her television, ready to appear whenever she wants. Being obsessed with how princesses live their perfect lives is detrimental to a young girl's gender construct, middle of paper......the, maybe not even a happily ever after life. Because life is neither a fairy tale nor an enchantment, reading storybooks and watching movies about princesses does not happen in real life. It is a fictional story with fictional characters, these stories are meant to entertain young girls. But some of these young girls get too caught up in the fantasy world and begin to develop a charmed life in their heads that doesn't exist. Then later in life it becomes a shock for them when reality hits them hard and their charmed dreams have been shattered into pieces. Works Cited Cook, Jackie; Main, Wilson. “What is a princess” Australian Feminist Studies 23.57 (2008). Wohlwend, Karen E. “Damsels In Discourse” Reading Research Quarterly 44.1 (2009). Pollitt, Katha. "Hers; The Smurfette Principle." The New York Times Review, April 07, 1991.