#JustBe Magazine May 2016 | Page 18

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What
Should Have Taught Us
By: Tarsha Williams

Disney has brought us fairy tales for as long as we can remember.
These tales have shaped our ideas of love, relationships, and
sometimes our own self-image. As we grow older, we start to
understand that a lot of those stories were just make-believe and
that real relationships don’t always look like fairy tales. Here are a
few lessons that Disney should have taught us.

Beauty and the Beast
You can’t change a beast into a prince.

This movie promoted the idea that if you tried hard
enough, you could turn a horrible beast into an honest and
loving prince. You can’t change someone and you shouldn’t
have to endure an abusive relationship in the meantime.

101 Dalmations
Wear Condoms.

That’s it. Wrap it up folks!

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