Madame d’Aulnoy’s two fairy tales featuring central characters named Belle, La Belle aux cheveux d’or (1697) and Belle-Belle ou le chevalier Fortuné (1698) share similar themes and share many parallels and convergences in addition to sources in common. However, an overlooked and significant element in both stories is the depiction of same-sex desire on the part of central male characters. Ultimately, these characters conform to the heteronormative conventional ending of the majority of early modern fairy tales, but not before a process of detachment from their homoerotic desires and homosocial world. This process involves their intellectual and physical intimacy with women with whom they ‘become men’ in the sense of healthy and happy individuals. The tales therefore present a flouting of patriarchal imperatives both through their depiction of feminine parity, and indeed, superiority and in their strident critique of male society that excludes women, be it homosocial or homosexual in nature.

奥诺伊夫人的两部童话故事的主角分别是 Belle、La Belle aux cheveux d'or (1697) 和Belle-Belle ou le Chevalier Fortuné（1698）除了有共同的来源之外，还有相似的主题，并有许多相似之处和趋同之处。然而，在这两个故事中，一个被忽视的重要元素是中心男性角色对同性欲望的描述。最终，这些角色符合大多数早期现代童话的异性恋传统结局，但在脱离他们的同性恋欲望和同性恋社会世界的过程之前并非如此。这个过程涉及她们与女性的智力和身体上的亲密关系，在健康和快乐的个体意义上，她们与她们“成为男人”。因此，这些故事通过对女性平等和优越感的描绘以及对排斥女性的男性社会的尖锐批评，无论本质上是同性恋还是同性恋，都表现出对父权制命令的蔑视。