I once thought the Little Red Riding Hood was a story meant to teach the lesson of not talking to strangers, but after reading different variance of the story it made me realize it has a much deeper meaning. The new lesson I found in some of the variance was to belittle women, showing how vulnerable they were, but in others they show how strong women can be. The similarity of all these was men was described as being a wolf (and bear) or just a savage animal that gives in to their animalistic instincts, this meant men gives in to their needs such as hunger or sexual desires. If one would read these to a child, they would most likely get the idea talking to strangers and disobeying your parents can lead to dangerous conclusions, but to some adults we see the hidden meaning of each characters such as little red can be a heroine that modern girls would not be tricked easily or how a huntsman can come to the rescue after little red learned her lesson. I think different version of these story were created to target different readers of different age; they can censor inappropriate contents for the younger audiences and let older audiences read the raw versions, but since all the story branch from a common source there should be a universal meaning or lesson to be learned and in the Little Red Riding Hood I think the universal lesson was not to trust strangers who are unfamiliar to you.