I do avoid Disney movies - Pixar [Toy Story! Cars! Monsters Inc!] is much more my style.
I did
not"characterize her support for her stay at home Mom as offensive" - not at all. Women who choose to stay at home to raise their kids need all the support they can get [from people who speak in complete sentences, lol] and they have mine. It's all about having a choice, mon frere. When I had the 'luxury' of staying home, it didn't make me feel like I was doing enough. Not sure if it's the cultural expectation, or just my own, but I need to work outside the home. Other women love it, and it's good that they can do what they love - they'd probably hate driving a truck.
Nor do I have any problem with people who prefer 'traditional' roles in their relationships - if it works for them, that's cool. I just don't believe it ought to be considered "the right way" to do it, because relationships are as unique as the people who form them.
What I find highly offensive is the "knight in shining armor" concept - that a woman needs to be 'rescued', and that only a man can do it. It plays into the myth that women are weak, men are strong, while reality is that either gender can be both, depending on the circs. When people acknowledge that reality, relationships get better, IMO.
When women expect men to rescue them, they could drown, ya know?
