Women often can't identify what they want in relationships because of layered messages from parents, friends, TV, and the Disney Princess fantasy. The speaker argues you need to step back from these inherited narratives and ask yourself what you actually desire, not what society dictates.
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What do you think women actually want today? I think most people are confused about what they want because there's a mix of what your mom said and dad said and their dysfunction and their own trying to heal that dysfunction. Yes, exactly. So you've got that complexity. You've then got the complexity of what media said. So the Disney Princess syndrome, that's a real thing. The Disney Princess syndrome. You saw every Disney princess chasing a prince, chasing a king, chasing a frog that would turn into a prince, and you're chasing this love story that you were brainwashed to believe was what love looked like. So you've got your parents, you've got family and friends, you've got TV and media, you've got music videos. Now you've got your first relationships. And they all are confusing you as to what should I look for? And I think that people haven't taken a moment to step back and say, what do I want? What do I want? Not what does my mom think is good for me and what does Disney think is good for me? What does everyone else think is good for me? What do I want?
