Mysogynistic views can be traced back to the earliest of times; from the Cretaceous period where men were the brute hunters and females were the gentle gatherers, to a modern setting where media and literature portray the average workspace to include a stern, male, CEO and cute, female, receptionist. With time, these marginal differences have become less and less evident due to society’s increased awareness and acceptance of both genders and their equal roles in life. However, gender roles are ever-present and they continue to compartmentalize males and females into certain categories that are acceptable for their time. Society has a huge role on individual development. The misogynistic viewpoints regarding gender roles in Ibsen’s novel, A
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According to Sawhney, author of the web article Women’s Liberation Movement of the 1960’s, “[American women] filled trash cans with representations of women trapped in the home. They threw objects like heels, bras, girdles, hair curlers, and magazines like Cosmo. . . and Ladies’ Home Journal in it.” (Sawhney). Their actions were a demonstration of how women were tired of being seen as beautiful objects that had no other use than aesthetics. This idea of women being seen as beauty objects can be traced back to Ibsen’s novel, A Doll’s House. Nora was constantly referred to as Helmer’s “songbird” or “featherhead” his petty names for her were out of affection but they sadly belittled her as a person. She had no say and her opinions were irrelevant to her husband until she was wearing her attire for the party they were attending as a couple. Her lavish dressed and polished physique really amplified her beauty. At that point Helmer truly noticed Nora and listened to her words rather than brushing off her opinions and beliefs. This situation supports that claim that women were seen as beauty objects in the Victorian era and it continued throughout 1960’s. This is another connection of gender roles in society and how it is also evident in
According to Sawhney, author of the web article Women’s Liberation Movement of the 1960’s, “[American women] filled trash cans with representations of women trapped in the home. They threw objects like heels, bras, girdles, hair curlers, and magazines like Cosmo. . . and Ladies’ Home Journal in it.” (Sawhney). Their actions were a demonstration of how women were tired of being seen as beautiful objects that had no other use than aesthetics. This idea of women being seen as beauty objects can be traced back to Ibsen’s novel, A Doll’s House. Nora was constantly referred to as Helmer’s “songbird” or “featherhead” his petty names for her were out of affection but they sadly belittled her as a person. She had no say and her opinions were irrelevant to her husband until she was wearing her attire for the party they were attending as a couple. Her lavish dressed and polished physique really amplified her beauty. At that point Helmer truly noticed Nora and listened to her words rather than brushing off her opinions and beliefs. This situation supports that claim that women were seen as beauty objects in the Victorian era and it continued throughout 1960’s. This is another connection of gender roles in society and how it is also evident in