Can being politically correct (and free of gender bias) ruin childhood rituals?

For instance, the bedtime story is one of the most memorable rituals from my childhood, But just look what happens if you try to make it politically correct...

Sleeping Beauty/Handsome

There once was a Queen of Wynvyl named Rosaburytte Tanatala, whose only wish in life was to have a daughter, but not particularly a daughter because that would not have been Politically Correct and would have been rather sexist or - shall we dare say this? - chauvinistic. Still, imagine her and King Richardio Aravio's surprise when, suddenly out of nowhere, she became pregnant.

Of course, she (or he, as every boy can become a Sleeping Handsome) was born with a stunningly gorgeous mop of blond hair, the best color one could hope for at the time, although blond hair is, of course, not at all the best hair color, and there are much plainer hair colors that may somehow be far more dazzling than blond hair. She (or he, of course) had clear, blue eyes, although of course there are far better colors than the most gorgeous shade of cerulean, ocean-colored eyes out there (although the certainly not politically correct author fakely untruly presumes that she has not seen such shades, and maintains that no, she or, he, if you would prefer the author to be a he does not have blue eyes).

One fairy, whose gender will, of course, be unspecified, as five-year-old boys aspiring to become Spiderman will certainly have the initiative to become fairies, as will five-year-old girls aspiring to become princesses and marry Prince Charming will certainly have the initiative to become Spiderman, although Spiderman shall have to be renamed Spiderwoman in that case, blessed Sleeping Beauty/Handsome, now renamed Sam, as that is a unisexual name in these changing times and is short for either Sammie or Samantha, with beauty, or handsome-ness. We shall, of course, ignore the blatant importance this anonymous and ambiguous fairy put to aesthetic importance for the fear of further distorting the fairy tale, which has the potential to be truly entertaining.

The second fairy, who will not be specified as a "he" or a "she" (although fairies are much better off being she's), blessed Prince(ss) Sam with wit, and we shall, once more, obviously ignore this second fairy's lack of faith in the fact that Sleeping Beauty/Handsome might some day once have become a child prodigy, completely void of the help this fairy saw needed to jumpstart this child's career as Prince(ss), although of course fairies will certainly bless commoners, seeing as how commoners are not spoiled brats that do not know how to get their fair share of work done.

The third fairy blessed the Prince(ss) with grace, and we shall once more ignore the blatant show of aesthetic importance, because, after all, even the most famous and successful noble was so utterly clumsy that they accidentally stabbed themselves with the claws of green flamingoes. Therefore, it has been successfully proven in a well-presented thesis and argument (if the author does say so herself) that grace is completely unimportant in the daily lives of nobles and commoners as well, seeing as how nobles cannot possibly have more trying and important jobs than a commoner might be blessed with on any given day.

The fourth fairy blessed our main character(ess), Sam, with a profound musical genius and taste, and we shall ignore the fact that music-making was considered a highly feminine act and reapply it as a field that required only skill and great talent. We shall also ignore the glaringly obvious fact that Sam, in retrospect, cheated often, and is seeming to become a Mary Sue (or, of course, a Gary Stu, as Mary Sue's apply only to females, which is an offensive and un-Politically Correct practice, having a feminine and masculine form of a name).

Then, of course, a wicked fairy then chooses the (morbidly boring) happy occasion to crash in on what apparently looked to her like a wickedly fun party, as the wicked fairy must have had reasons for acting as (s)he did (beside pettily jealous) and shall now be lowered to the status of fun-loving party animal, although (s)he is not lowered because being fun-loving and utterly immoral and risqu茅 is much more pious than being downright evil.

Feeling in a particularly vindictive mood, perhaps from the onset of a headache from drinking, God forbid (although, of course, the existence of God is not proven and therefore should not be used), this fairy (whose gender is still, of course, unspecified) felt the need to let someone else know of his or her vindictiveness. Being best friends with Queen Rosaburyette, the fairy seeked her consolation (although the Queen does not have to be a "her", as any male devoted enough has the right to be Queen), and the Queen, so caught up in the happiness of the festivities, was less than understanding.

(S)he (the party animal, that is) then ambled over to Sam, who was looking rather adorably up at her (orCan being politically correct (and free of gender bias) ruin childhood rituals?
Political correctness is cultural marxism.



Cultural marxism is a revolutionary and treasonous doctrine.



Therefore, political correctness is a revolutionary and treasonous doctrine.



Good luck with your questioning!!! =D (I didn't read the story).



Peace.Can being politically correct (and free of gender bias) ruin childhood rituals?
That story was awesome.Can being politically correct (and free of gender bias) ruin childhood rituals?
Let's not over think Grimm's fairy tales. No one is expected to believe that those stories are the truth, which is the opposite of the buy-bull nonsense.
I always loved the story about the slave-owner in the Deep South who whipped gay people and women. My fave!



Thanks to that gosh darned "po-litical correctness" thang the damn LIBERALS keep pushin', I cain't tell that story no more.