“I declare to the Lord you’re gettin’ more like a girl every day!" ,That is what Jem tells her sister Scouts, that she is turing to the “weakest” creature on the earth.In the book To Kill a mocking bird ,theres loads of themes going around with equality of the people.Race discrimination was standing far ahead than others,but gender discrimination are hidden behind through the novel.Describing society the 1930’s Harper Lee have set ,pressuring on the women, putting a mind set how to be a “good” women, and man think that they should protect women, forcing the women to be effeminacy all the time.That have causing the women loosing their ability to stand up for themselves. The society at 1930’s, give the women lots of pressure on themselves,
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I guess it's to protect our frail ladies from sordid cases like Tom’s. Besides,’ Atticus grinned, ‘I doubt if we’d ever get a complete case tried - the ladies'd be interrupting to ask questions.’(Pg 296) Women were consider as a weak emotional type of person.There were no chance for them to get a career, there job are just simply, stay home, take care of the children, and being weak.For example, Mayella was raped by her father, never met another man, except for Tom Robinson.Instead of Suing her father she sue Tom Robinson, because she is not brave enough to take a stand for herself in front of her father, so she blame it all on Tom Robinson, only person she can blame having lower power than her. After all ,the 1930’s society, women discrimination still is a major problem, that people haven’t change about their mind set, that have been there forever.No one attempt to change the rule, and just kept on accepting the fact that women need to be delicate and weak that man told them to pressuring the women led them no way but facing the truth that they are weak and admit that they need the protection from men.Even now, things are getting better with women gaining more respect but gender discrimination still exist and it will be like this as long as there’s women and men existing in this
I guess it's to protect our frail ladies from sordid cases like Tom’s. Besides,’ Atticus grinned, ‘I doubt if we’d ever get a complete case tried - the ladies'd be interrupting to ask questions.’(Pg 296) Women were consider as a weak emotional type of person.There were no chance for them to get a career, there job are just simply, stay home, take care of the children, and being weak.For example, Mayella was raped by her father, never met another man, except for Tom Robinson.Instead of Suing her father she sue Tom Robinson, because she is not brave enough to take a stand for herself in front of her father, so she blame it all on Tom Robinson, only person she can blame having lower power than her. After all ,the 1930’s society, women discrimination still is a major problem, that people haven’t change about their mind set, that have been there forever.No one attempt to change the rule, and just kept on accepting the fact that women need to be delicate and weak that man told them to pressuring the women led them no way but facing the truth that they are weak and admit that they need the protection from men.Even now, things are getting better with women gaining more respect but gender discrimination still exist and it will be like this as long as there’s women and men existing in this