“Princessification” exposed: Sexual assault and the princess industry are all part of the same system (2018) Maisam Najafizada.
In this patriarchal context, women are expected to be obedient daughters, chaste sisters and/or submissive princess-like unthinking girlfriends or wives. In other words they are considered sex objects or asexual deity figures. We commodify, commercialise and sexualize women and use them as tools to promote dominant patriarchal values.
Sexual harassment is but one of the many manifestations of this patriarchal context.