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There are many archetypes that have come down to us through the ages through our stories, but only a few directly talk in a meaningful way about the relationship between men and women through the lens of society and it's effects on personal behavior.  Fortunately, the nearly complete and universal archetype is given us in the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast .  It is an honest and open vision of the relationship between men and women and what has to happen to make it work, and how social forces can cripple this ability in a woman's heart. To study this, I want to use Villeneuve's version as he is the first one that wrote the story out, and he includes several details that are important to the story.  I do, however, want to dismiss the mercantilist parts of the story since they only set up the important parts but add no important measures otherwise.  The rest is all about us boys and girls.  The story itself is much older according to Wikipedia and goes back as...