In Harper Lee’s, To Kill a Mockingbird, social forces like gender, race, and class all play a role in society today and many years ago. To Kill a Mockingbird provides good examples on how these factors played a role in the past and provide a base for what the future holds. During the 1930s, in the town of Maycomb, Jem and Scout face these problems. Sexism and gender problems were a big part of how the main characters Jem and Scout grew up. Feminism is a big problem that affects the way we treated women in the past and now. In the story, the reader can infer things that may have sparked a problem with feminism. Lee’s story provides the reader with ways feminism had taken place in the past. The problem is that a majority of feminism is mostly supported by women, but men can and should support feminism too.
Females are always gendered and were most of the time not taken seriously. “Jem told me I was being a girl, that girls always imagined things, that’s why other people hated them so, and if I started behaving like …show more content…
Girls will be called out for what they should and what they should not wear. This has been a major problem. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Mrs. Dubose criticizes Scout. “What are you doing in those overalls? You should be in a dress and a camisole, young lady! You’ll grow up waiting on tables if someone doesn’t change your ways” (101). Back then, older women and even young girls would be criticized if they did not dress a certain way. Women did not have the freedom to dress how they wanted. Women are judged by what they wear and how they act. Today, with the use of the internet and social media, criticism of women still occurs. “Feminism is said to be driven primarily by the ability the Internet gives feminists to ”call out” misogyny and sexism and directly challenge it where it exists” (Gale). This leaves women vulnerable to people who will find fault it what they should wear and what they should not
Females are always gendered and were most of the time not taken seriously. “Jem told me I was being a girl, that girls always imagined things, that’s why other people hated them so, and if I started behaving like …show more content…
Girls will be called out for what they should and what they should not wear. This has been a major problem. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Mrs. Dubose criticizes Scout. “What are you doing in those overalls? You should be in a dress and a camisole, young lady! You’ll grow up waiting on tables if someone doesn’t change your ways” (101). Back then, older women and even young girls would be criticized if they did not dress a certain way. Women did not have the freedom to dress how they wanted. Women are judged by what they wear and how they act. Today, with the use of the internet and social media, criticism of women still occurs. “Feminism is said to be driven primarily by the ability the Internet gives feminists to ”call out” misogyny and sexism and directly challenge it where it exists” (Gale). This leaves women vulnerable to people who will find fault it what they should wear and what they should not