Entry 6

So, am I the only one who was disappointed by where we stopped in Aladdin? We didn't even get to his big entrance as a prince, which surely would have sparked much discussion (particularly in the way Aladdin made up his princely name). Anyway, my big issue was the way all the women old enough to be considered sex objects dressed. This essentially amounted to the stereotypical flowing pants and a top which could double as a bra. Admittedly, they all put something on over themselves when they left their houses, but that doesn't change that most of the women in this children's movie are running around in what amounts to a bikini top and a pair of pants. Even Jasmine, the princess, runs around wearing this clothing. They put her in a purple dress that covered a lot more later on in the movie. Why can't she wear that instead of the bikini top and pants? She's a princess, not some cliched harem girl. Why is it a law that Jasmine has to marry a prince before she reaches a certain age? Can't she marry a member of the nobility? An important soldier? And why didn't her father arrange a marriage for her long before this? Surely he would have thought of it by then. Why when she reached that age? Did she become an old maid the day after she turned however old it was? This seems doubtful. Jasmine looks like a teenager.