An Unmarried Woman

Feminization of Teaching Why Men Left but Women Stayed Teaching is one of the oldest profession known to mankind. Everyone has been taught in some form. Children are taught to walk and talk; teenagers and adults are taught a trade. Everyone is a learner, and everyone is an educator. There is the unregulated school of life and there is the formal school that millions of children in the United States attend each day. The concept of formal schooling has changed drastically over the centuries.…

Some of the most important themes depicted in Jane Austen’s novel Emma is social class and hierarchy, parents’ role and the position of women in society. The following section discusses them comparing the book to the Miramax film adaptation directed by Douglas McGrath. Parents’ role and influence is shown at the example of two couple who cannot marry until their parents approve their decision: Emma and Mr. Knightley, and Jane Fairfax and Mr. Churchill. Emma is very close with her father, she…

In 19th century German society, the family was the core institution through which all other aspects of life flourished— business, health, happiness—and at the core of the family was the woman, wife and mother. 19th century society dictated that a successful and happy family depended on the separate spheres and roles assigned to men and women. Men were assigned the duty of being the “breadwinners”, hardworking, ambitious and ‘public,’ while women were restricted to the ‘private’ sphere of the…

and do a better job. The stigma is so strong that men in the house have actually told me to clean something up, when they made the mess. They act like it will make them less masculine to clean up a mess that they have made. It is easier to tell a woman to just “clean it up” because that is “her job” than to just…

Women of the late 1800’s A short story written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is a story about a depressed woman with a small baby. “The story has strong Gothic elements and a clear feminist message concerning the infantilizing and construction of women within marriage” (Sceats, Sarah). Women were believed to have their place at home and nowhere else. Women have been fighting for the right of gender equality for a long time. In many ways, they have had their voices heard, and have been granted some…

marriage. According to Qingyun Wu, She has one daughter and was divorced twice because she could not tolerate men who attempted to dominate women. From her bitter experience of social discrimination against women, especially those who are divorced or unmarried, Zhang attacks male supremacy and patriarchal ideology in Chinese social structure as well as in the consciousness or subconsciousness of every man, villain or hero. She staunchly insists on a woman’s right to remain single and not to be…

In 1969, the American women life was limited in almost every aspect. All the women were expected to get married in their 20s, start a family as quickly as they could, and evolve their life to homemaking. Wives were in charge of the house and child care. Women spent an average of 55 hours every week, on domestic chores. The 38 percent of American women who worked in the 1960s were limited to jobs as: teachers, nurses or secretaries. Women were unwelcome in professional programs or jobs for…

remained under the potestas of her father and stayed completely within the original family while living in the home of her husband (Parkin and Pomeroy 73). For women, marriage was a mission or purpose, while for men, it was an obligation. Once a woman was married, she basically…

after the discovery that he allegedly took Angela Vicario’s virginity. However, subtleties within the text call for an analysis of greater implications. The use of floral imagery within the text depicts the unrealistic expectations of purity put on woman while weapon imagery reflects the ironic double standard of expectations of purity on men. Overall, both strands of imagery throughout the text suggest that society’s value of honor over…

helped her understand that an object is not what she wants to be, which in turn helps her identity blossom. Unmarried Janie (from Joe and Tea Cake) brings an entirely different situation in terms of gender roles. When Jody dies, people warn her about approaching men. The townspeople think that Janie is weak and cannot fend for herself. A townsperson in the novel has the nerve to say “Uh woman by herself is a pitiful thing […] Dey needs aid and assistance […] Womenfolks is easy taken advantage of…