Long but interesting.

https://dailysceptic.org/2025/08/12/the-land-that-forgot-about-wolves/

The image of the fairy tale wolf no doubt has lots of semiotic resonances but the most obvious (beyond the literal danger of wolves themselves, I suppose) is that of the sexually predatory male. The message of these tales is that although there are good people in the world (your grandmother, the woodcutter, the little pig who made his house out of bricks), it is also inhabited by dangerous actors who want to do bad things to you. And since these actors will often come in disguises, pretending to be nice – and particularly when your mother and/or father has gone out or is otherwise not present – be on your guard. Learn to discern the benevolent from the malign.

He goes on to analyse some recent BBC versions of Little Red Riding Hood and The Three Pigs:

In Little Red Riding Hood, we see “Little Red” going to visit her grandmother with a basket of treats, as in the original. And, sure enough, we discover that there is a wolf lurking in the forest. But he is curiously un-wolf-like. With bunny-like ears and a fluffy tail he looks more like a fox, and his behaviour is flighty, cowardly, almost effete. And we quickly find out that he has no interest in eating “Little Red” or her grandmother or anybody else.