ABSTRACT
During the last ten years there has been a large number of new intriguing versions of Little Red Riding Hood including plays, films, records, and advertisements that have appeared and will continue to appear. Obviously, this tale is still the most popular and certainly the most provocative fairy tale in the Western world. Why? Simply put, because it raises issues about gender identity, sexuality, violence, and the civilizing process in a unique and succinct symbolic form that children and adults can understand on different levels. All the issues raised in this tale are crucial for establishing principles of social justice and gender equality that have not been satisfactorily practiced in Western societies and are thus continually readdressed in different versions of Little Red Riding Hood.
