{"id":2005686,"date":"2023-08-19T10:54:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-19T14:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/snow-whites-rachel-zegler-needs-a-lesson-from-the-little-women-school-of-being-a-female-role-model\/"},"modified":"2023-08-19T10:58:37","modified_gmt":"2023-08-19T14:58:37","slug":"snow-whites-rachel-zegler-needs-a-lesson-from-the-little-women-school-of-being-a-female-role-model","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/snow-whites-rachel-zegler-needs-a-lesson-from-the-little-women-school-of-being-a-female-role-model\/","title":{"rendered":"Rachel Zegler of &#8216;Snow White&#8217; should learn from the Little Women on being a female role model."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsnow-whites-rachel-zegler-needs-a-lesson-from-the-little-women-school-of-being-a-female-role-model%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2005686&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"article-content\">\n<blockquote>\n<h2>Reconsidering the Feminist Narrative: A Response to Rachel Zegler&#8217;s &#8220;Snow White&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>Rachel Zegler, the star of Disney\u2019s \u2064upcoming live-action \u201cSnow White,\u201d has spent what seems like every interview about the movie regurgitating the tired\u2063 talking points of current-day feminism. Zegler, along with the\u200d many women who share her beliefs, blindly undervalues the \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/snow-whites-rachel-zegler-needs-a-lesson-from-the-little-women-school-of-being-a-female-role-model\/\" title=\"Rachel Zegler of 'Snow White' should learn from the Little Women on being a female role model.\">long-standing feminine traditions<\/a> that deviate from \u200bher ideal girl boss archetypes. She ought to reconsider what women truly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-chief-economic-advisor-wont-counter-bidens-false-claim-of-19-million-jobs-from-bill\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s Chief Economic Advisor Won\u2019t Counter Biden\u2019s False Claim Of 19 Million Jobs From Bill\">find fulfilling<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>The Value of Tradition<\/h3>\n<p>When asked about \u200dDisney\u2019s new angle on the fairytale during an interview, Zegler <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/pop-culture\/rachel-zegler-viral-backlash-snow-white-disney-live-action-rcna99848\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>, \u201cI\u200d just mean that it\u2019s no longer 1937, and we\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rachel-zegler-says-shes-bringing-a-modern-edge-to-disneys-live-action-snow-white-shes-not-going-to-be-saved-by-the-prince-or-dr\/\" title=\"Rachel Zegler Says She\u2019s Bringing a \u201cModern Edge\u201d to Disney\u2019s Live-Action \u201cSnow White\u201d: \u201cShe\u2019s Not Going to Be Saved by the Prince or Dreaming About True Love\u201d\">absolutely wrote<\/a> a Snow White \u2026 [who\u2019s] not gonna be saved by \u200bthe prince, and she\u2019s not gonna be dreaming about true love, she\u2019s gonna\u200d be dreaming about becoming the leader she knows \u2062she \u2062can be.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1976703693\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1718b5d73e0165d1930aacf4fb37b157 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1718b5d73e0165d1930aacf4fb37b157\"><\/div>\n<p>Zegler\u2019s \u201cprogressive\u201d take is actually regressive, mirroring trends that negatively impact\u200c marital stability and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/study-finds-face-masks-didnt-slow-spread-of-covid-19\/\" title=\"Study Finds Face Masks Didn\u2019t Slow Spread Of Covid-19\">social cohesion<\/a>. She\u200d fails to see the value in a reality many women do live and many women do find fulfilling. Zegler and those\u200b who share her beliefs could\u2064 benefit from \u2064listening\u200d to\u2063 the classics rather than jumping to critique them, starting with \u200bLouisa May Alcott\u2019s <em>Little Women<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h3>Embracing Different Paths<\/h3>\n<p>Jo March, like Zegler, is strong-headed, talented, and ambitious \u200c\u2014 and paralleling these qualities is her disdain for a traditional trajectory. Jo is\u200b incredibly resistant to \u200bthe institution\u2062 of marriage, saying, \u201cI\u2019m \u200chappy as I \u2064am, and love my liberty \u2064too well to be in a hurry to give it up for any mortal \u200dman.\u201d Her rejection of \u200cwhat is classically feminine mirrors Zegler\u2019s comments.<\/p>\n<p>But what Jo had that Zegler doesn\u2019t is a Meg March. Meg, Jo\u2019s oldest sister, serves as an emblem of womanhood woven \u200cthroughout Alcott\u2019s classic \u2064and in Greta Gerwig\u2019s 2019 \u200bmovie adaptation. In the film, Meg stuns her sister, who cannot fathom a life dedicated to anything other than her career. Meg reframes homemaking from the enslavement to\u2063 \u201cmortal man\u201d that Jo\u2062 puts forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust\u2064 because my dreams are different than yours, doesn\u2019t mean they\u2019re unimportant,\u201d Meg explains.<\/p>\n<h3>The Undervalued Profession<\/h3>\n<p>Like Zegler, Jo cannot envision a content life for herself \u2014 or any woman \u2014 that\u2019s predicated on anything other than professional accomplishment. But the most integral, fulfilling profession of them all, and often the most undervalued, is that of\u200b being a wife and a mother.<\/p>\n<p>Being a mother and a wife ought not to be\u2063 overlooked by the working woman but rather embraced; it\u2019s the most difficult but\u200b also the most rewarding and important profession. Zegler is a prime example of the\u2062 sort of woman who has been blinded by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/facebook-censors-book-on-toxic-femininity-claims-ads-are-promoting-adult-products\/\" title=\"Facebook Censors Book On \u2018Toxic Femininity,\u201d Claims Ads Are Promoting \u2018Adult Products\u2019\">modern feminism<\/a> to a life that\u2064 many women \u2064find great happiness in.<\/p>\n<p>Jo herself encounters the harsh drawback of her ambition. In the 2019 film, she echoes \u2062Zegler, saying, \u201cI\u2019m so sick of people saying love is all a woman is fit for.\u201d And\u200c then, in one of the most honest and difficult moments of her womanhood, Jo admits, \u201cBut I\u2019m so lonely.\u201d Jo, like many women\u200d who have convinced themselves to prioritize their careers, will often realize they actually desire certain aspects of\u200b tradition they\u200b initially overlooked. If women are as honest as Jo, Zegler\u2019s out-of-touch take \u2062on \u201cSnow White\u201d doesn\u2019t\u200b actually resonate with\u200c them \u200dthe \u200dway she may think.<\/p>\n<h3>The Impact on Society<\/h3>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/ifstudies.org\/blog\/are-stay-at-home-mothers-really-miserable#:~:text=Based%20on%20these%20surveys%2C%20stay,women%20is%20therefore%20a%20myth.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">study<\/a> from the Institute for \u2064Family Studies (IFS), \u201cStrong majorities of mothers\u2062 under 55 agree that housework is as fulfilling as employment. Depending on the year and the survey you prefer to cite, between 53% and 79% of mothers had this view.\u201d Rather than adhering to the story and values the original \u201cSnow White\u201d is celebrated for, Zegler touts \u200cthe revamped, progressive spin that nobody\u2062 asked for.<\/p>\n<p>This disinterest\u200d in the home and its duties and rewards is indicative of\u2063 a larger trend burdening women and society alike. According\u200d to \u2064a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgsu.edu\/content\/dam\/BGSU\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/NCFMR\/documents\/FP\/FP-13-13.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">study<\/a> \u200b conducted by the National Center for Family &#038;\u200c Marriage Research, the marriage rate has dropped by nearly 60 percent over the last 50 years, from 76.5 percent in 1970\u200d to just over 31 percent\u200b in 2010. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/data\/nhsr\/nhsr179.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">study<\/a> reporting that \u201cdelayed childbearing\u201d has \u200bbeen on the \u200crise among American women since the 1970s, \u200cand a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/library\/stories\/2022\/04\/fertility-rates-declined-for-younger-women-increased-for-older-women.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">study<\/a> from the U.S. Census Bureau found that in 2019, the median age of women giving birth rose to 30. As women put\u200b off marriage and family or forgo them altogether, they may find their happiness \u2014 and\u200b society itself \u2014 suffers.<\/p>\n<h3>Let Women Choose<\/h3>\n<p>Instead of hammering the notion that women would be\u2062 better fulfilled exchanging a husband and \u200ba family for dreams of being a mid-tier business executive at a corporation where nobody cares to know her name, we \u200dshould let women grow into roles they feel inclined to inhabit. For some women, it\u2019s becoming an ambitious \u2062Hollywood actress like Zegler. For some women, it\u2019s \u2064making a home. Let women\u2063 make \u200cdecisions for themselves, Rachel, and\u200b you may be proven wrong, for oftentimes, \u201cas Meg learned \u2026 a woman\u2019s happiest kingdom is home, her highest honor the art of ruling it not as a queen, but as a wise wife and mother.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rachel Zegler, lead in Disney&#8217;s &#8220;Snow White,&#8221; repeatedly echoes clich\u00e9d feminist views in interviews. She, like others, fails to appreciate traditional feminine customs that differ from her &#8220;girl boss&#8221; image. It&#8217;s important for her to acknowledge and respect diverse perspectives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2317,"featured_media":2005687,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2005686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2005686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2005686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2005686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2005687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2005686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2005686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2005686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}