The Cinderella complex: the idea that women have to be pretty, thin, tall, destitute and in need of being saved while men have to be handsome, rich and capable of giving her the world in order to find true love. This is unrealistic. Men/women are under so much pressure to fit this mold that often women are tempted to fail just to be Cinderella.
Stories of Cinderella pervade our popular culture and propagate the idealized version of who society thinks we need to be. Although we live in a relatively free and open culture, we still cling to the idea of needing to be saved or needing to save, even if that's not who we are.
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