From the charts we can discern that when described in the earlier editions, men
are more likely either negatively or neutrally described whereas women are less
neutral and more positively or negatively described than men. When we look at
gender as a mixed group we see that overall there's a tendency to describe
people negatively.
In the later version we don't see much of a change in the way men are described,
however women become far more negatively described and less positively
described. When we look at descriptors for all the genders we see it remains
mostly negative in this addition, yet there is also a strong presence of
positive descriptors.
Looking across editions, negative descriptions remain high for both men and
women. Men are more likely to be described as neutral across editions compared
to women who are more likely to be either negatively or positively
described.
The Actions
Left bar: Agency
Active
Passive
Middle bar: Gender
Male
Female
Mixed
Right bar: Willingness
Hesitant
Neutral
Eager
Actions From 1812-1815
Looking at the actions in the earlier version of the tales shows the majority of
the agency is passive. Only one story is half passive and half active, with none
of the stories being more active. The gender of the actions seems to be
dependent on the story, with some stories presenting absolutely no male action
while others represent very little female action. One trend that appears across
the stories is a low hesitancy for the actions. Instead, each action is either
eagerly or neutrally done with very minimal hesitancy represented.
Actions From 1819-1857
Looking at the graphs for the later version there is a notable change in almost
every story's graph. The majority of stories continue to be passive, however the
active agency has risen close to half way in a number of the stories. Similarly,
it seems that male's action increased in many of the later versions of the
stories. Eager and neutral remained highest across these versions like they did
previously.