Textual Analysis – Gender Roles & Polygamy in the Novel “Sister Wife” Over the course of history women have not always been depicted as strong and powerful figures in literary text. This unfortunately happens to be a reflection of history itself. Women have struggled for arguably all of humanity to be considered as equals to their male counterparts. Although polygamy is painted to be a degrading and offensive practice for women, it still holds the same aspects in a monogamous marriage such as love, respect and a good support structure that traditional monogamous families have. As some Mormon women feel indifferent to being in a plural marriage, most feel as if it is obligatory and a part of their duty to follow their religious and spiritual beliefs as a way to successfully reach salvation.
Many men had an attitude of superiority and most women judged the women working in sciences negatively. However, there was some acceptance from men and women of females working in the scientific community. Women frequently were excluded by men from scientific study in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries because the attitude of the time was that women had only certain traits they could possess skill in, such as housework and beauty, and they lacked the intelligence to learn science. In document 3 Samuel Pepys, an Englishman, wrote in his personal diary that the Duchess of Newcastle, an author who wrote a book entitled "A World Made by Atomes", wished to be invited to the meeting of the Royal Society of Scientists. He ends his entry by saying that “The Duchess hath been a good, comely woman, but…” and proceeds to describe his negative opinion of her appearance.
According to the CATW, “Most of the women interviewed in CATW studies reported that choice in entering the sex industry could only be discussed in the context of the lack of other options. Most emphasized that women in prostitution had few other options. Many spoke about prostitution as the last option, or as an involuntary way of making ends meet” (2003). Thus, it can easily be said that the legalization of prostitution promotes the distinction between obligatory and premeditated prostitution. Furthermore, the women in involved do not want prostitution to be legalized.
They argue that women have a more natural desire to be caring and this does not correspond to the values of crime, so they are less likely to offend due to them not having the nature to commit the crime. They suggest that normal women are less likely to commit crimes compared to normal men, this rules out any mental illness that could affect the person to commit the crime. Normal women are said to care about their families and lives to not go out and commit crime where as men don’t have that caring nature like women do. However a woman writer named Dalton suggested that hormonal factors can influence the small amount of women that commit crime in certain circumstances, these could be for different reasons. So there is less women committing crimes than men showing a gender difference in crime.
Oakley found that up until the 1980s pregnancy and childbirth were seen as natural processes and consequently there was less intervention from doctors. However Oakley notes that since then doctors have increasingly medicalised childbirth and pregnancy and taken control from midwives. Doctors now treat pregnant women as ‘patients’ in need of medical treatment. The body as a social construct Feminists have long argued that in modern societies the patriarchal media has pressured women to possess a certain identity and to be thin which can endanger their health by causing diseases such as eating disorders and body dysmorphic disorder. Mental health Chesler says labelling is done by a male dominated profession who are more susceptible to mental illnesses.
In support, feminists see divorce as desirable as it shows that women are breaking free from the oppression of the patriarchal nuclear family. There is a greater fear of divorce, which is why some people choose not to marry. The divorce rate is rising all the time, for example, at least 1 in 2 marriages will end in divorce; 40% of marriages end in divorce, 6 times more than 50 years ago – this scares people, and puts them off getting married to their partner, so instead they just cohabit to avoid the hassle of getting divorced. 1.5 couples in England and Wales cohabit. Similarly, declining stigma is
Macho feminist Margaret Sanger, for example, was a very extreme birth control activist in the 1920s. She proposed that women could receive the same amount of pleasure, as a man would have from sexual intercourse, if the fear of getting pregnant were taken away with birth control as a solution. Those in the medical profession had their misgivings about birth control because not only might it be harmful to women’s health but it could also contradict the morals that women have set for themselves (Leinwald 186-187). Although there is nothing wrong with prioritizing one’s needs, it is definitely not right to rob someone of their fundamental right to life. Even though Margaret Sanger aimed to improve women’s health care, the end still does not justify her means.
However, given the fact that she is a female may be somewhat of a constraint. Females, generally speaking, are more nurturing and don’t really share that ‘tough love’ practice that males do. This may be a reason why she would not want to penalize the obese and smokers. Pressey would love to see a positive change for these people and would like to motivate them to do so. On the other hand, some people feel that this topic should not even exist as it is too intrusive into an employee’s personal life.
I have many gay friends and I love them just as much as I would my other friends who are not gay. I do not judge. He told me that “I needed to be more open minded, and that my explanation made no sense”. The second political debate we had was about abortion. If a women is raped then yes they should be allowed to have one, however; if a woman goes out has unprotected sex on purpose, and gets pregnant she should have to deal with the consequences she made instead of murdering a baby.
Catholics especially but most Christians don’t approve of cohabitation because it scarcely ensures mutual sincerity and fidelity in a relationship. You are more likely to have sex before you are married when you live together. According to Jesus even looking at a women in a lustful way (Matthew 5:27-28) is as bad as doing the deed. Thus it is hard to stay pure and maintain your intentions. Some secular