OH Minerva comes in with the right swing! This could possibly be the slap of the century! Ladies and gents, this is the most coolest thing since sliced bread! This is definitely a most historic event! Go Minerva, fight for those women rights! The 1940s and 50s, a troubling time for women all around the world, because they almost had no rights. At this time women could only do so much, like the cooking, cleaning, taking care of the children, caring for their husband, and doing everything he says. That is what the Mirabal sisters, from In the Time of the Butterflies, have to go through everyday and it can take a toll on someone. This is shown in the way the sisters are talked to, how they act, the way they are treated, and even how they are looked
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She cannot stand up for herself and this shows that she needs feminism more than anyone else. She does not have a say in anything and believes that everything her husband says is right. Nothing shows this more than when she says, "'What if I can't' Dedés voice shook. 'Jamito thinks it's suicide. He told me he'll leave me if I get mixed up in this thing.' There, she said it.... She was hiding behind her husbands fear" (Alvarez 180). This shows that the women could only listen to the men and that they do not get a say. No matter how much a woman may want to do something, if their husband says no, then they cannot do it. Like Dedé, many women do hide behind their husbands fear or their decision. Even though it may be a domineering relationship, most women did not leave their husbands because the divorce rate was low and they would be admonished, by society, if they did. If Dedé followed in her sister's footsteps and stand up for what she believes in, then she may have a happier marriage and have a lot more freedom. This is how feminism could have affected her life if she went down that
She cannot stand up for herself and this shows that she needs feminism more than anyone else. She does not have a say in anything and believes that everything her husband says is right. Nothing shows this more than when she says, "'What if I can't' Dedés voice shook. 'Jamito thinks it's suicide. He told me he'll leave me if I get mixed up in this thing.' There, she said it.... She was hiding behind her husbands fear" (Alvarez 180). This shows that the women could only listen to the men and that they do not get a say. No matter how much a woman may want to do something, if their husband says no, then they cannot do it. Like Dedé, many women do hide behind their husbands fear or their decision. Even though it may be a domineering relationship, most women did not leave their husbands because the divorce rate was low and they would be admonished, by society, if they did. If Dedé followed in her sister's footsteps and stand up for what she believes in, then she may have a happier marriage and have a lot more freedom. This is how feminism could have affected her life if she went down that