Construction Theory Feminist Feminists would greatly criticize the movie The Little Mermaid because she changes herself solely to please a man and endangers her life in attempt to snag his attention.

Ariel, the mermaid protagonist of the movie, changes her physical form exclusively to fit the shallow requirements of a human male. For example, she gives up her voice to change her body completely, to be able to be with Prince Eric. In the middle of the story Ariel gives her voice to Ursula so she can change from mermaid, to human. This would be greatly criticized because a girl changes herself for a man, which would make her lesser than him.

Now onto the next example of the issue. While trying to please Prince Eric, Ariel endangers her own life. This is due to the fact that she 1) gives up her voice, and 2) changes her physical form. This endangers her because she doesn’t have any way to communicate, and doesn’t know how to walk with legs. Feminist would criticize this because she seems helpless and deep in love, which most women are not.

As you can see, feminists would not like the movie The Little Mermaid due to the factors of her need to please a man and in the act, looking like a helpless child while doing so.