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    United States was the Feminist Movement. All throughout history, women have been limited in every aspect of their daily lives. This was either due to culture or simply tradition. It was normal for a women to play the traditional housewife role. This “housewife role” included marrying at a young age, starting a family immediately and devoting their lives to their family. Women had no legal rights and were subjected to their husbands. They were subjected to the point where their husband was…

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    complexity of Hedda Gabler reveal an unfamiliar female character that pushes the male and female relationship in theater beyond the comfort zone of eighteen hundreds playwriting. Eighteen hundred’s literature and playwriting often featured the docile housewife, there to serve her male counterpart as well as be for the most part a secondary character to the overall story. The female character usually is timid and comforting to the people in her home. The first turn that Ibsen takes on this…

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    Women During Ww1

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    labour went abroad to fight, women were offered jobs heretofore off-limits to them, such as manufacturing. With every household breadwinner gone and unsure to return, this would seem like an unprecedented opportunity for women to break the role of housewife and caretaker and instead contribute directly to the war effort, the national economy, and their own purses. However, as a rule, women were paid significantly less than men. If this was not a sufficient injustice,…

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    Opokuya plays a role who is between the extreme independence that Esi represents and the traditional housewife that indigenous culture expects. Obviously, Opokuya is a well-educated female who also has her own career, which means she is an economic independence woman same with Esi. Meanwhile, Opokuya is more tolerant compare to Esi when both of them face…

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    Implying that all women feel being a housewife is an unrewarding occupation. For example, "How many of them [women] have been deceived, or have deceived themselves, into clinging to the outgrown, childlike femininity of 'Occupation: housewife'?"(792). Many mothers, and even some fathers, find joy in staying at home and raising their children. Watching their children learn and grow can be…

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    Amc's Madmen Gender Roles

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    (January Jones) is married to Don Draper (Jon Hamm) who is the Creative Director at Sterling Cooper advertising agency. Mrs. Draper’s wardrobe is a sign of diminutive status. This particular episode also captures her responsibilities as a mother and housewife. The low ceiling…

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    The novel would be regarding women and their devotion to their family, not saying a word, just fulfilling their duty as a housewife and mother. The novel was also regarding women who were being compared to men that were considered intellectuals at the time. A housewife and a woman who was being compared to intelligent men, it drove Mary Shelley to write a worthy ghost story. Mary Shelley wanted to use a gothic horror story; she wanted to use a…

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    Mallard is viewed as a housewife desperate for freedom, and her husband’s death set her free from him and all his obligations. She’s now free from house duties and waiting hand and foot for her, she can now do what ever makes her happy. From the text it’s obvious that Mrs. Mallard is very unhappy as a housewife and seeks to find her own identity. She wanted to make decisions for herself and no longer wanted to obey…

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    If she breaks, everyone breaks, so she always tries to keep joy in the family even through the hardest situations. At the same time, she keeps her place as the caring and nurturing motherly figure she’s supposed to be. She comports herself as the housewife and keeps to herself without getting into any man’s business. The first time Ma opposes Pa is when he denies Casy, the preacher, the opportunity of traveling with them to the West. She objects to this by stating, “I have never heerd tell of no…

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    Traditional gender roles no longer matter to us ,they are more stereotypes now.People are what they make of themselves if a women is a housewife it's because she choose to there is nothing that's forcing her to be a housewife “We should always be judged by our achievements,not by our gender” -Serena Williams . A person’s gender doesn't limit them for what they can do .Traditional gender roles are irrelevant because a person…

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