The Gruesome Origins of 5 Popular Fairy Tales | Cracked.com I have heard that Little Red Riding Hood's Red Hood represented mestruation, that the moral of the story was sto teach young girls to be wary of rapists(wolves) and that being "eaten by the wolf" was well, I'm sure you guys can do simple math. I guess when you have no TV, Internets, sports, etc you have to come up with some twisted **** for entertainment.