At the beginning of the story, we can clearly see this dominant male and female subjectivity within the characters. More precisely: “The miller practically sold his daughter, the king commanded her as a slave, Rumpelstiltskin exploited his daughter for everything he had, and, worst of all, the miller's daughter accepted without any serious opposition” (Grimm). The protagonist, the miller's daughter, allowed herself to be subjugated by these males, and therefore Mead would never have supported this fairy tale. Being a firm believer in feminism, Mead would be very shocked and angry that this fairy tale, aimed at young people, depicted women with such acceptable characteristics. Another characteristic that Mead would not approve of in the story is greed and evil. These examples of feminism so far were only about how women were treated unfairly, but feminism means equality for both sexes. The men in the story, the miller, the king and Rumpelstiltskin, are all presented as greedy and evil: "The miller was greedy and evil enough to sell his daughter, the king exploited a young girl for his greed, and Rumpelstiltskin worse still" . everything was twisted enough to want to steal her firstborn” (Grimm). All of these events portray men negatively, and therefore not equal because women can be just as twisted as men are. Mead also says that "women's motivations, women's interests, were identical to men's, that women should take as bloodthirsty pleasure in preparing for war as men ever do." Mead acknowledges the fact that women's personalities can be just as scary as men's. However, this story portrays women as helpless victims, while men are seen as cruel scoundrels. Therefore, Mead would never support this story based on the personalities of each character