Hips like Cinderella: Stereotypes in Fairytales

Stereotypes and not so subliminal messages! When you think of your childhood these are not words that spring to mind. How about deception, conformity and subversion? As malicious as these may sound, the truth is that throughout the world, societies and parents put all of the above into practice in a desperate attempt to assert some form of control. How, I hear you ask, are these devilish methods of trickery and command being employed? The answer is simple.
Ask Cinderella...
<Tab/>The word fairytale itself is derived from the French "contes de fee" and the French literary fair…