The women in Umuofia are always judged, denounced, and seen as weak. They can't make decisions in the society without being overruled by the men. The women are afraid to voice their own opinions because they know the men won't take them into consideration. To the men it’s all about gender and size of the family. Women are only seen as valuable to the men because of their ability to bare children. You would think they could control what they have to prepare for the meals, but that’s not always the situation. Okonkwo had beat his second wife because she did not prepare his meal for him. “Okonkwo’s second wife had merely cut a few leaves off it to wrap some food, and she said so. Without further argument, Okonkwo gave her a sound beating and left
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Men are seen as more valuable with the amount of wifes and kids that they have. They try to have many wives which comes with many kids. Men can have as many wives as they can, but the women can only have one husband who is the superior one that controls all the wives and children. the women all have to share the one man and the man gets to choose who sleeps with him, who comes in his house, and when all that happens. The brides in this society are bought. “Okonkwo was very lucky in his daughter. He never stopped regretting that Ezinma was a girl. Of all his children she alone understood his every mood. A bond of sympathy had grown between them as the years had passed.” (pg.127) He sees women as worthless. He wished Ezinma had been born a boy because he thinks she has the right spirit for a man. “Okonkwo was deeply grieved. And it was not just a personal grief. He mourned for the clan, which he saw breaking up and falling apart, and he mourned for the warlike men of Umuofia, who had so unaccountably become soft like women” (Pg.183). Okonkwo makes it seem like it’s horrible for the clan to be sensitive and be like the women. Women are just expected to do all the everyday duties in the households. They have to prepare the meals, washing the clothing, raise the kids, and keep track of the gardening. If they don't complete these tasks they fear that they will be beaten. The men never help out with any of
Men are seen as more valuable with the amount of wifes and kids that they have. They try to have many wives which comes with many kids. Men can have as many wives as they can, but the women can only have one husband who is the superior one that controls all the wives and children. the women all have to share the one man and the man gets to choose who sleeps with him, who comes in his house, and when all that happens. The brides in this society are bought. “Okonkwo was very lucky in his daughter. He never stopped regretting that Ezinma was a girl. Of all his children she alone understood his every mood. A bond of sympathy had grown between them as the years had passed.” (pg.127) He sees women as worthless. He wished Ezinma had been born a boy because he thinks she has the right spirit for a man. “Okonkwo was deeply grieved. And it was not just a personal grief. He mourned for the clan, which he saw breaking up and falling apart, and he mourned for the warlike men of Umuofia, who had so unaccountably become soft like women” (Pg.183). Okonkwo makes it seem like it’s horrible for the clan to be sensitive and be like the women. Women are just expected to do all the everyday duties in the households. They have to prepare the meals, washing the clothing, raise the kids, and keep track of the gardening. If they don't complete these tasks they fear that they will be beaten. The men never help out with any of