Day 20 - Marriage Bear

It's not news that fairy tales are filled with princes and princesses who have a tendency to get married.  Over the course of this month, however, I've been frustrated that marriage seems to be the ONLY possible ending to any story involving a female human.  Indeed, it doesn't seem to matter how old the female human is; she could be described as a girl as young as 7 in the start of the story, and bam, by the end, here comes a man-Prince, and off they go to the chapel.

Okay, no one usually says a word about chapels, but the rest of that sentence remains true.

This is the canvas that comes out of my frustration.  The tale of Snow White and Rose Red is a tale in which the female characters have a sweet relationship AND get to do things, like repeatedly free an ungrateful dwarf with a penchant for getting himself stuck.  And what happens in the end?  Of course, marriage.  To a bear.  I mean, he turns out to be a Prince, of course, but still.  Couldn't we just have a damn story about girls who do cool things and outwit an ungrateful dwarf?  I bet we could.