Mulan

This video is called "Honour To Us All" sung by Mulan's family. This clip is during Mulans makeover as she needs to be changed in order to bring honour to her family. Already the representation of this Disney Princess is that she is not good enough and that to be the perfect women she must change into the perfect idea her family have. 

"Primped and polished till you glow with pride" sings her grandmother. Obviously you can not glow with pride until you are well dressed. This idea has an implication on society. In today's society people are much more judgemental and how you are dressed and groomed is a simple way of valuing up a person. It is a further reason as to why aesthetics are very important to many people as some people do follow society and take pride in how they look others simply don't care. 

"Wait and see when we're through, boys will gladly go to war for you." Yet another line of what the perfect women is like. A women who is so beautiful that men are willing to risk their lives for her. a. since when is someones life worth the risk just so that they would have the honour of marrying a beautiful woman? and b. all women must be beautiful if they want men. That is the single most important thing seen throughout the Disney Princesses. No matter what they must be beautiful in order to fulfil their main priority of falling in love.

This representation of the perfect women being beautiful is reflected in today's society. This seen through many things such as makeup, models, actresses, cliche groups in school. The more beautiful the girl is the more perfect she is classed by society. Especially in the modelling industry. Where slender, thin waisted, pretty, tall, bubbly girls eat restricted diets and train their bodies to be the look of "perfect." Because that is all they want, to be perfect. In order be chosen to model the girl who is the most desirable will be chosen because she will be desired most by the person who casts the models. This is an example of how the idea that perfect women must be beautiful which is portrayed in all Disney Princess films is reflected in today's society.

"Men want women with good taste, calm, obedient, who work fast paced." What this line is implying is that men have more power than women and that in order to be the perfect women you must obery your man. You must work fast and get the job done (which would probably directed as a chore). It is a sexist remark in the song which is also reflected in todays society. Men appear to be weak if they are not the dominant one in the relationship.

They also sing "and a tiny waist" while winding fabric around her to make her waist thinner. Again representing the perfect women as thin.

"Each a perfect porcelain doll" again another line describing that the perfect women must be as flawless as a porcelain doll. This is an unrealistic expectation as not all women have perfect skin, hair and bodies. The representation of the perfect woman in Mulan sets an unrealistic expectation in society of what the perfect woman looks like. An example today's society reflecting this idea is the large amount of makeup that is sold. Most girls nowadays wear makeup each and every day in order to look more beautiful to be accepted as a good looking person in society.