Little girls are getting introduced to fictional characters during their elementary years, and the certain characters are starting to have a catastrophic affect towards their development to adult hood. Stephanie Hanes, author of, "Little girls or little women? The Disney Princess effect," persuades her audience that is mainly aimed at grandparents by using Ethos to her strongest advantage. Ultimately, Stephanie Hanes argument persuades her audience by also using in logos along with some pathos throughout the article, where she goes on to explain the trickle-down effect of what is happening to their kids possibly witness adulthood too soon, she is able to support the manipulation of the Disney Princesses on children by providing particular statistics and being able to bring in certain emotion from parent's personal experiences. .
Stephanie Hanes, reels in her audience with the first appeal of logos by providing facts that are credible by her choice of sources she referenced. Using logos benefits Hanes because with the particular facts she provided, it creates a sense of urgency in the audience's head that they need to monitor their grandchildren's behavior. The first credible fact she provides is a University of Central Florida poll, which found that, "50 percent of 3-6 year old girls worry they're fat" (Hanes 4). When kids are little many don't really care for the aspect of their appearance, because the parents dress them how they want to feed them, on how they dress, et cetera. The Disney Princesses image is generating the particular body image that you have to have to be a "beautiful princess" just like them. Hanes, uses this particular fact to her advantage to show the audience if they let their kids keep watching this show they will be manipulated on how they want to perceive their look at a young age.
The next appeal Hanes uses is Ethos which she used as her greatest advantage to try to reel in her audience which was directed at grandparents.
