Snow White Sociology

According to Abler (2008) from her article “The Moral of the Story,” fairy tales with infinite variations have existed throughout history and the world. They usually convey moral, social or political lessons through skillful narrative and interesting characters. However, today’s standard for fairy tales worldwide is based on full-length animated movies. The deeper meanings and lessons, as well as the moralistic revisions of some of the earlier versions are often forgotten—shifting from supporting biblical values and principles to relative self-sufficiency and morality. The longevity of fairytales rely on its ability to address tabooed subjects in a symbolic manner (Incest in Indo-European Folktales, 1997), however, these seemingly harmless tales have come from darker stories that involve themes considered evil by the masses such as adultery, incest, cannibalism, rape, murder, mutilation, stereotypes, and whatnot. In early 90’s, trying to rewrite or downplay older stories that would be considered sexist, racist, or bigoted in a modern context, created many revisionist versions of old stories with a newfound concern on social issues in an entertaining way that …show more content…
This is due to the fact that a woman may break their brotherhood. Snow White was only seen as an object for their personal pleasure, and even a threat, rather than a lost person in need of help. Another account of women being derogated is when they are seen as a scale of comparison. The men in the story used Snow White as a keeper of their progress, in which if the woman can do it, then the men can do better. In the past, phrases such as “throw like a girl,” is seen as an insult. However, there are movements now wherein the phrase “Like a girl,” is used to empower female of all ages. This campaign is an evidence that our society is moving on from the sexist