白马王子也用于指代少女或年轻女人理想中的英俊、富有、能干的男士。这位男士要对她一见钟情,立下决心,非她不娶;为她赴汤蹈火,克服无数的困难,终于争取到她的芳心。 Catherine Orenstein, Little Red Riding Hood Uncloaked: Sex, Morality, and the Evolution of
(原始内容存档于2020-05-26). Alan Dundes, little ducking" Iona and Peter Opie, The Classic Fairy Tales. p. 93. ISBN 0-19-211550-6 Catherine Orenstein, Little Red Riding Hood Uncloaked:
Waugh, A Little Learning, pp. 3–10 Stannard, Vol I p. 12 Hastings, p. 3 Stannard, Vol. I pp. 22–25 Stannard, Vol. II p. 357 Note in Catherine Waugh diary