A husband who opens the car to his wife. A boyfriend who surprises his girlfriend with flowers. Who remembers his birthday. Who attacks his shoes. Who pays his appointment with the aestheticist.
So many illustrations of the “Princess Treatment” (“Princess Treatment”), a concept that is discussed in social networks. This trend, which has more than 250,000 publications in Tiktok, describes how some women would like to be treated in their romantic relationships.
“You just leave your husband, he directs”
The idea is not new. But it resurfaced after Courtney Palmer, an American influence, shared a video on June 21. In this publication, the 37 -year -old designer explains how the “princess treatment” influences her relationship with her husband.
In his profile, Courtney Palmer, followed by 35,000 subscribers, shares his morning routines, his attire of the day or his advice as women at home.
But what she expects daily is that her husband treats her like a princess. It must behave in “masculine”, while Courtney Palmer must act in a “gentle and female” way. She takes the example of a restaurant excursion. Her husband must open the doors, talk to the servers and even choose her dish.
His wife in any case should not contact staff. “It is not a way of saying that you are better than them, that you do not need to talk to them,” says the influencer. Before insisting: “You just let your husband direct and be the man of the situation. He made the reservation, leads you to dinner outside, let him handle logistics and treat you like a princess.”
Two visions that oppose
Above all, the wife should not, according to her, “occupy too much space.” “You don’t need to talk, unless you go to you. If this is the case, you say you are waiting for your husband. (…) You don’t need to talk too much. You can be feminine, soft, silent. The most elegant women. They are not noisy,” he adds.
“They (the servers, note) surely think that I am oppressed and ask me what I want to eat. But I look at my husband and answer. (…) They try to be spoken, but I want my husband to order me. It is not that I am not able to that. But it is something fun in the treatment of princesses when her husband takes care of you,” continues the influence. A speech in contrast to the fight for gender equality.
The video quickly exceeded 6.7 million visits. And in the comments, the debates are furious. While some Internet users seem to agree with this conception of somewhat retrograde romantic relationships, the vast majority are outraged.
“I have already hosted and waitress. I would seriously plan the police if I saw customers behave like this,” said a surfer. “Refusing to speak, look or greet the host, the server and the other people you know is simply rude,” adds another.
For many, what Courtney Palmer describes has nothing to do with the “treatment of the princess.” Originally, this trend appeared in Tiktok mainly highlighted the gallant and romantic behaviors of certain men, such as offering flowers or holding a door. A kind of gentleman that serves 2.0, suitable for network codes.
A variant of the trade movement?
“The simple fact that women feel valued, who feel treated and loved, is a princess treatment,” Llaran Turner, a 26 -year -old student observes. However, according to her, Courtney Palmer does not describe a princess treatment. “This is simply a control,” he said.
Because the border between romanticism and disguised submission may be fine. Much compares Courtney Palmer with a merchant, these influential ones who defend the return of the devotee woman and at home and maintain the very traditional gender roles. In fact, the relationship described in the video illustrates the sexism internalized by a woman under the influence of her husband.
This content designer had fun, parodying Courtney Palmer’s video imagining what would happen if her husband ordered a dish to which she is allergic. “To tell him that I am allergic or that I would prefer to eat something else is emasculator, so I would say nothing. If I have an anaphylactic shock and that I have my epipen in me, I would not use it and simply die, because it is not very feminine to use its epípen,” he jokes.
For his part, Courtney Palmer simply believes that some of his convictions have been misunderstood.
Source: BFM TV
