[tptacek]

No. The Disney Princess "narrative" simply fits into preexisting gender norms. There was no "Disney Princess" culture in the 1950s. If you created a chart showing the trendlines of female mobilization into the workforce (and particularly the "professions") and the revenue extracted from Disney Princess offerings, you'd have a concrete reason to question the assumption you're making here.

[swlevy]

FYI Disney's princess culture arguably dates all the way back to 1937, with Snow White.

[tptacek]

Anticipating this very objection, I evoked the graph of Disney's revenue from Princess properties to further carry the point.