This document discusses the Cinderella fairy tale and introduces the concept of the "Cinderella Complex". It summarizes the story of Cinderella, noting that she works hard for her evil stepmother and stepsisters but is not well-liked by other women. Her life only improves when a man, the Prince, comes to help her. The document then explains that the Cinderella Complex refers to the idea that some women feel they need a man to take care of them and cannot change their situation through their own actions. It questions if this perspective still applies today or if women can help themselves.

1. Cinderella
Complex

2. Who is Cinderella?
Let’s find out
together.

3. Cinderella, the fairytale.
• Who knows the fairy tale?
• Look at the worksheet, and number the
pictures of Cinderella in the correct
order.
• Then write a sentence describing what is
happening in the picture.

4. Cinderella, the fairytale.
• One more thing…
• Let’s see who can work the most quickly.
• When you and your partner are
finished… GO TO SLEEP!

5. Cinderella, the fairytale.
• Let’s go over the story together.

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Cinderella worked very hard for
her evil step mother and step
sisters.

7. Now, let’s tie this to the
Cinderella Complex!
• Let’s talk about Cinderella.
• How would you describe her?
beautiful
polite
supportive
hardworking
female

8. Is she well-liked by other
women?
• Think about Cinderella’s step mom.
• And her step sisters.
• Did they like
Cinderella?

9. Does she try to make her life
better?
• She cleans a lot.
• … And works a lot.
• And even some
more…

10. But does working a lot ON HER
OWN help her?
• No, it doesn’t.

11. When does her life get better?
• HINT: She needs the help of one
person…
• To meet the one person who can change
her life!

12. The Prince!!

13. Does this sound very modern to
you?

14. The Cinderella Complex
• This problem was named after the
Cinderella Fairy Tale.
• It is based on the women in Cinderella.
• Cinderella is a beautiful, polite,
supportive, and hardworking woman
that is NOT liked by other females in
her society.

15. The Cinderella Complex
• She is not able to change her situations
with her own actions.
• Instead, she needs the help of an
exterior (or outside) force, A MAN.
• This idea says that women might feel
that they need men to take care of them,
or that they cannot do it themselves.

16. Now think about today.
• Can women help themselves to do
something on their own?
• Talk about it with a partner.

17. The Cinderella Complex
Happiness. With the help of
a man, everything is OK.

18. Book time!
• Open your books to page 37.
• Read about the Cinderella Complex and
then answer the questions.
• When you’re finished, talk about the
discussion questions with a partner.

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Cinderella worked very hard for
her evil step mother and step
sisters.