She believes that there is no reason to discriminate against them because they too are people and deserve to be treated like it. Moving right along, in the 1960’s, it was very unusual for a woman to go to college for more than two years, and the only reason they did go was to get their “Mrs” degree to become a wife. Skeeter on the other hand could be considered an outcast because she attended all four years of college and feels she can be successful on her own and does not need a man to have self worth. Hilly and her mother are constantly returning to the subject of trying to get her a man, because after all that is what is normal and why would anyone dare to be different. Skeeter feels that she does not need a man to be something in the world, she knows she is more than just a housewife and is rightfully so. She knows she can be successful and be her own person without having her
She believes that there is no reason to discriminate against them because they too are people and deserve to be treated like it. Moving right along, in the 1960’s, it was very unusual for a woman to go to college for more than two years, and the only reason they did go was to get their “Mrs” degree to become a wife. Skeeter on the other hand could be considered an outcast because she attended all four years of college and feels she can be successful on her own and does not need a man to have self worth. Hilly and her mother are constantly returning to the subject of trying to get her a man, because after all that is what is normal and why would anyone dare to be different. Skeeter feels that she does not need a man to be something in the world, she knows she is more than just a housewife and is rightfully so. She knows she can be successful and be her own person without having her