Little Red Riding Hood Gender Analysis

Gender roles are very prevalent as they were in the past. There are certain things that woman do different compared to men.
In our earlier readings like Dick and Jane there are very particular roles that each gender had. For the men it was usually a big, tall, and strong man typically with dark hair. The men also were the bread winners. As for the woman it was more than not a blonde hair, blue eyed woman that wore a dress and an apron. The woman laughed a lot and did housework: cook, clean, take care of the kids, etc. This sets an image and a norm of how families and gender specific roles should be throughout America. Dick and Jane started to use this method called, "The Look- Say Method" which focused on the meaning of a word instead of using …show more content…
The portrayal of men is as a wolf, hairy, big, and ugly. The wolf is able to take advantage of Little Red Riding Hood and portrayed overall smarter and more deceiving then his counterpart. It is clear that in this time they felt that women in some way were easier influenced and able to be taken advantage of without much effort. The tale holds the morals of not trusting a stranger and that not everything is as it seems which still seems to be the main theme throughout and so far the character of Little Red Riding Hood being the victim and the Wolf being the predator. This tale is similar to the Three Little Pigs, Hansel and Gretel, and many more stories that depict the wolf being a stranger and a predator causing trouble. This story is good to teach children about all the wrong things that can happen from talking to a stranger and it will detour kids from doing so by some of the actions depicted in the story. Also it teaches them to not to tell too much of your business because when Little Red Ring Hood told the Wolf where she was going he went to her grandma’s house and ate her. If she just didn't tell him where she was going that would have probably not happened. Though Little Red Riding Hood wasn't written in regards to today's technology, it is especially a good lesson nowadays to teach children not to give out their