Atypical gender role

be easily influenced. In today’s society, it is difficult for women to sell themselves as equal, or even better than, to a man in a higher position because the media is exposed to the younger generations is filled with male superheroes and male role models where women rely on men to “save the day.” This influence can negatively impact young teens, specifically girls, because it could lead them to thinking that just because they are a girl means they cannot achieve the future goals that a boy…

Men have been known as the core of the family during the turn of the century in China. Many women have alternative roles in this novel yet, none of the roles are equal to those of men. This novel is mainly focused on Wang Lung, a poor peasant who later on enjoys the pleasures of being a rich man. However, Pearl S. Buck describes how women have made him obtain those pleasures. To start off, O - Lan was a hard working woman and known for making wise decisions. O-lan took the initiative in…

Society tends to believe that women did not play a significant role in the fight for independence; however, through various accounts of determination and bravery, women were able to contribute to the war any way possible. During the War for Independence, British rule over the colonies fed the increasing need for rebellion among the colonists. The numerous acts issued by Britain led the colonies to declare war and this changed colonial life for many wives and women in general. In the textbook The…

During a time where the men join the civil war, women took their part in assisting to the best they could. During the civil war men were going into battle and too many were being killed or dying while being there. Women stepped in and made a difference that wasn’t that well recognized. Women did a lot of work and made a huge impact on the way they assisted in the war. Even though they didn’t get much recognition they still did so much to help win the war. Union women assisted the civil war by…

either in the country or never mentioned. Imoinda’s mother is never mentioned. Imoinda’s mother absence gives Imoinda some room to fashion herself. Where does Imoinda get her charm from? In place of their mothers, other females serve a mother-like role for Fantomina and Imoinda but cannot keep them safe from the patriarchal system. The neglect of these characters in raising and catering to Imoinda and Fantomina cause the plot to continue. In Fantomina, the aunt is supposed to be watching and…

Runaway Girl by Carissa Phelps is a memoir that has brought many of the concepts and material in this class to life. One of the first concepts that was given context to by this memoir was the violent masculinity that was discussed in the film Tough Guise 2. This violent masculinity was the notion that violence is a men’s issue and the ignorance of media and society to this issue and where it stems from a majority of the time. Where we see this take form in the memoir especially is with Carissa’s…

Gender helps to dictate how characters are defined. In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, though the line between hero and villain is constantly blurred, there is a strong divide in how men and women are treated in the text. If villainy is defined by a character driven to evil through their own ambition and self-interest, both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are the play’s villains. However, these characters are treated very differently by Shakespeare and by the play’s society due to their genders. Unlike Macbeth,…

As Roger Ebert puts it simply, the film says “yes, racism is vile and cruel, but hey, not all white people are bad” (Ebert, 2011). As seen in the history of Oscar Best Actress winners and the white male director of The Help, gender and racial disparities still exist in American society. Another implicit motive of the movie can be seen in the results of its release on Greenwood, Mississippi, the site where the movie was filmed: tourists often bypass multiple famous historical…

patriarchy had many chores or duties that needed to be performed. Some of those duties involves: shopping, fetching water, cooking, serving food, cleaning, child-care, and wool-working. In wealthy households some of the female servants had more specialized roles to fulfil, such as housekeeper, cook or nurse. Because female slaves were literally owned by their employers, how well slaves were treated depended upon their status in the household and the temperament of their owners. As a result of…

Two important works that are good examples of traditional gender roles are Susan Glaspell’s play Trifles and Lynn Nottage’s play Poof. On the surface, these plays don’t seem to have very much in common; a closer look, however, reveals that both plays show similar themes and issues. The issues highlighted in both plays are suppression of women and ramifications of society. In both plays there are similarities but differing in some aspects. Noting the similarities and contrasts in the symbolism,…