The Female Hero Myth

"What I really liked about Beauty and the Beast, and I do think that's the best Disney movie ever made, was that it's a real Female Hero Myth. The woman, Beauty, is beautiful, so she's high up in the female dominance hierarchy but she's witty, well-read, intelligent, adventurous, brave, courageous and truthful. She is all of that and she doesn't fall for Gaston, that psychopathic persona. Young women are much more likely to fall for men like that. But she prefers the Beast. The Beast is the adventure. He is rough but he's got potential and that's what really attracts her. She wants someone who can guard the walls and make a safe haven for the children. Who is productive enough to be useful and generous enough to share. So she civilizes him. That's the real female hero myth. The civilizing of  men is the female hero myth and the civilizing of nature in some sense is the male hero myth" - Jordan B. Peterson