When Snow White first meets woman-hating Grumpy in the 1937 film, she playfully mimics him. He takes it better than most misogynistic men would today.
As the story goes on, Snow White continues to respond to Grumpy's rude comments with teasing and playing up her sweetness, even though she secretly wishes they would get along.
She is one of the few Disney Princesses to laugh at a man, and as far as I know the only one to get away with it.
I have always loved Snow White but have dismissed her in part as a damsel in distress. It is still true of her, but the more I think about her personality and relationships, the more I appreciate her.
In some ways, 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' was of its time, even slightly regressive. But compared to the social reality of the 1930s, it was also progressive.
