Toby is confronted with a series of ‘tyrant’ men who use unrelenting violence and blatant manipulation in order to control their wives and children. Whilst demonstrating some degree of unease about these men’s actions and their ‘occasional brutality’ towards his mother, Toby’s vulnerability in this crucial developmental stage in his life, forces him to consider this to be the definition of a man. Considering and applying this dominant definition of masculinity proves to be an error of judgement made by Toby. At some stage Roy is what Toby thinks ‘a man should be’ and is the instigator of his feelings that he needs a weapon ‘for the way it completes him’. Roy, like Dwight, influences Toby’s relationship with his mother and forces Toby to withhold the truth from her.
He alternates between extremes of concerned family man, to being a selfish self-obsessed man. Many years of being a 'hard headed business man' has created the character that is displayed in this act. This even extends to the marriage of his daughter to Gerald Croft, suitably the son of another successful business owner. Obviously Mr Birling believes that Gerald Croft is an ideal husband for his daughter, not because he loves her (in fact he later shows the opposite), but because Croft's business connections complements Mr Birling's business. This is shown immediately when Arthur Birling states, 'You'll be marrying at a very good time.'
A friend of mine reminds me of Tom because she always puts other things before her family. I can relate to Tom's character at the end of the story because I see the value in putting family first. In the beginning of the story, Tom is shown as a man who would rather work than spend quality time with his wife. “Got to get this done though” (111), is Tom’s response to his wife when she asks him to go to the movies with her. This shows how selfish Tom is because he decides to spend time working on research for a promotion rather than spending quality time with his wife.
Like, complaining about his meals not the way he wants them to be, clothes not clean or ironed the way he feels they should be, and the house not maintained the way he feels it should be. Since the man is usually the bread winner, the females in the household have no voice. The male gender do not support the women gender to get educated and eventually join the work force because if the woman grows to be independent they feel they will lose control and will not always get there way. It seems like men are afraid of women becoming more successful than them. Throughout the year’s woman have gained the courage to take a stand and voice their opinion.
Like many feminist writer, Cockerline focuses her emphasis on how social norm discriminate women by inhibit their job opportunities. Throughout the history, social norm restricts women’s power by only allow them to contribute to certain job tasks such as maid, cook, and house keeper. In the beginning of the story, Elizabeth’s father “refuses[s] to pay her school fees” since “his wife had finally birthed a son” directly supports the idea that men are more superior to women. Since education is one of the key elements that lead to better chances of having a job, the narrator eliminates this opportunity to contribute to Elizabeth’s misfortune. Furthermore, the narrator indicates “[i]t can be a hard place for a
The government quickly gave up; women did not want to return to working in the home for two reasons: First, women would were underprivileged had to remain in the workforce to survive. Second, America became infatuated with buying more than the necessities. Women who did go back to domestic life went back to taking care of the children and home. Around this same time the television was introduced to into American homes. The whole family would gather around the television and watch, even the commercials were watched with great importance.
Gilman provides the point of views of these women who know nothing of marriage to allow us to see our own society’s faults in the way we think things should be. By denying the men’s proposition of name change, the women point out the idiocy of the concept we accept to be the norm in our society. This problem of possession and power shows up in Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” as well. The husband in that piece has possession of his wife by controlling her every move. The men in “The Yellow Wallpaper” make the decisions and control their households.
Influence of Entertainment Media Entertainment media is such a big part of our lives today, it truly is what shaped our American culture and values. The amount of influence we allow it to have on our lives depend on the availability we provide it to have on our lives. Radio was one of the first influential forms of entertainment, it gave people a platform to speak their mind in regards to their values on topics such as; religion, violence, and sexuality. The biggest form of entertainment media is right in everyone's home- T.V. With all the various T.V stations and programs we have it teaches people about society rules and how to fit in.
Feminists Feminism is a view that examines the world from the point of view from women, coupled with the belief that women are disadvantaged and undervalued in society. Feminists believe that the majority of societies and institutions are patriarchal and male dominated. Feminists believe society is characterised by gender conflict as men seek to protect their dominance and women strive for equal rights and opportunities. Feminist approaches to health The medicalization of child birth Ann Oakley examined the experiences of women during childbirth in her research and book ‘from here to maternity’. Oakley found that up until the 1980s pregnancy and childbirth were seen as natural processes and consequently there was less intervention from doctors.
Nonetheless, gender inequality has evolved with the emergence of modernity in the society. Gender inequality is present in modern day society in areas such as the workplace, political as well as corporate arena. In Arab, countries such as the Middle East women are still perceived as the weaker gender; therefore, cultural and religious norms require them to be confined in their homes and give birth only (Nganga, 2011, p. 134). For instance, in Saudi Arabia women are not allowed to drive vehicles and cannot walk in public alone unless in the company of a man who must be either a husband or a father. Society does not trust women to take care of