degree she could not use and a supermarket her husband has refused to acknowledge. She sees the only way to be acceptable to her husband as having to succumb and let herself be defined on his own terms.
There is equally a juxtaposition of the old verses the young generation. In Personal Angle, the old generation is represented by such characters as Malama Tasalla and her husband. Her views about family matters are clearly quite different from the views of the new generation. In her advice to her daughter (Basheika), she tells her that a woman cannot put more emphasis on material benefits at the detriment of her family and hope to remain a happy woman for long. These views contrast sharply with Basheika’s and Laila’s views about family issues. …show more content…
This, according to Daniels “makes them to develop an attitude about the gendered features of toys, activities and work related roles” (156). The lesson one learns from this is rooted in the fact that amongst other factors, gender stereotypic philosophies have the potential to limit children’s choices, interest and abilities. Ultimately, it can inhibit the maximization of their potential. She further argues that the relevance of books to children is undoubtedly one of the most significant means of developing the younger generation for a better society. Bem (1983) and Martin and Halverson (1981) cited in Daniels (2015) while contributing to the debate on gender representation in children’s literature based their argument on the gender schemer theory. According to them, children develop their attitude to their society in the early years. Bem in his argument insist that “by the age of four to five, children have already formed sex typing documentation in their minds” (1983, 598). A prominent lesson to be deduced from these arguments is that books are a major way of handing down norms and tradition (good or bad) from one generation to another, including the universal yoke of gender inequalities. In many instances, girls are depicted as sweet, naïve, conforming and dependent whilst boys are represented as strong, adventurous, independent and capable. Temple (1993) adds that more often than not roles such as fighters, adventurers and rescuers are ascribed to boys while girls are depicted as caretakers, mothers, princesses and other passive players. Rudman (1995) opines that in many children’s books, girls only achieve hero’s feats because they are helped by
There is equally a juxtaposition of the old verses the young generation. In Personal Angle, the old generation is represented by such characters as Malama Tasalla and her husband. Her views about family matters are clearly quite different from the views of the new generation. In her advice to her daughter (Basheika), she tells her that a woman cannot put more emphasis on material benefits at the detriment of her family and hope to remain a happy woman for long. These views contrast sharply with Basheika’s and Laila’s views about family issues. …show more content…
This, according to Daniels “makes them to develop an attitude about the gendered features of toys, activities and work related roles” (156). The lesson one learns from this is rooted in the fact that amongst other factors, gender stereotypic philosophies have the potential to limit children’s choices, interest and abilities. Ultimately, it can inhibit the maximization of their potential. She further argues that the relevance of books to children is undoubtedly one of the most significant means of developing the younger generation for a better society. Bem (1983) and Martin and Halverson (1981) cited in Daniels (2015) while contributing to the debate on gender representation in children’s literature based their argument on the gender schemer theory. According to them, children develop their attitude to their society in the early years. Bem in his argument insist that “by the age of four to five, children have already formed sex typing documentation in their minds” (1983, 598). A prominent lesson to be deduced from these arguments is that books are a major way of handing down norms and tradition (good or bad) from one generation to another, including the universal yoke of gender inequalities. In many instances, girls are depicted as sweet, naïve, conforming and dependent whilst boys are represented as strong, adventurous, independent and capable. Temple (1993) adds that more often than not roles such as fighters, adventurers and rescuers are ascribed to boys while girls are depicted as caretakers, mothers, princesses and other passive players. Rudman (1995) opines that in many children’s books, girls only achieve hero’s feats because they are helped by