Gender Roles And References In The Good Wife's Guide

“Do not speak to unless spoke to”. Is just one of the many rules that a woman must follow to keep from shame being brought upon her husband or family name. Women were expected to keep a close relation between god and to put her husband’s feelings before her own. There are many rules stated within the text that a woman must follow to fulfill her life purpose. The three relationships are between husband and wife, God and humanity, and employers and employees. These different connections have parallels between them that explain deeper thoughts about what the text is saying and what it portrays. The Good Wife’s Guide is a written text that goes into detail about duties a woman is to perform. The text starts with the relationship that a woman …show more content…
In addition to a proper way to present your appearance is supposed to be neatly arranged to illustrate good order, to avoid the possibility of shaming your lineage and husband. In addition to a women devotion to the husband, there are certain expectations of a women. Her husband’s happiness comes before her own. As the matriarchy of the house she is to lead the servants with jobs and they are to always be busy. There are several connections to be made with each of the three relationships. When analyzing the relationship between a man and a woman, it appears that the women is always submissive to the man. Furthermore, when gaining a deeper understanding of the relationship that they, hold gives a new perspective. In chapter 29 of Genesis, …show more content…
Specifically, the relationship between a woman and her servants. As the head mistress, you are required to take charge of the servants, enforce rule that are require to follow, and establish punishments if they are not obeyed (217). In addition to that said, when looking deeper into the connection between servants and the women. The women and the servants both being on the lower level of society. With society, power is everything. Women could only control what the servants did, since they had a lower social status. For the women, this was only accepted if the man was not present to take over control. Therefore, the fact that women had role of superiority, they go from don’t talk unless being spoken to. This was a huge change in society of the time. Women were see as only a step above the servants. Nonetheless, women were given that power of position, it had to do with duties that were around the house. The men weren’t bothered with the chores around the house. The women’s job was to pray, take care of her husband, and clean. That is what a woman’s job is biblically, so it comes as a surprise that women could take charge of