We’ve all heard the horror stories. Some women lose their minds during wedding planning. What monsters.
This characterization of a bride who has turned into a monster during her wedding planning is not only unfair, but it’s damaging to women. The Myth of the Bridezilla is yet another sexist way of labelling women who appear to be overly emotional in the eyes of our patriarchal society as hysterical, irrational, not to be trusted. It is a way of demeaning women for their emotional experiences and implies that women should be better behaved, less demanding, and less feelingful.
Why don't we stop to think: what is it about the engagement and wedding planning process that seemingly transforms so many women into monsters worthy of our contempt? What is it about our culture that produces so much pressure about what this process and that day need to look like?
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