Women have long been considered to be part of the lower status when it comes to jobs similar to men. In Arlie Hochschild’s vies, “The feelings of the lower-status partly may be discounted in two ways: by considering them rational but unimportant or by considering them irrational and hence dismissible” (172). This “doctrine of feelings” has been seen to permeate the workforce in such a way that it becomes impossible for women to be respected when they display any sort of emotion. In this essence, women who are considered the lower class in the working environment are oppressed in two ways. The first such way is to ignore any legitimate concerns women have; the second way is to classify any emotion as unnecessary and “irrational.” Women get taken advantage of solely because society has considered them emotional, which in today’s modern society is often mistaken for being unstable.
However, she, also is suppressed by the society due to her work as a courtesan. Thus her lower status in society is paid for by her freedom. The men of Othello are dubious individuals. This can be seen through the main character,
Females are seen as dependent on men to get by in life. Therefore, the fact that the title is Miss Independent shows that a different idea is going to be portrayed throughout the song. The very evident and obviously stated theme of female independence also follows the same contrast of the tittle. Though the theme contradicts the normal societal view on women the balance of ideas in this song is very one sided. Ne-Yo makes it very clear that the women he is in love with stole his heart by being herself and taking care of herself.
Her character is harshly judged from the start simply because she’s a woman and no one saw things from her perspective. Because of this, the reader is influenced to feel sympathy for Curley’s wife. Her husband, who is always trying to keep a close eye on her, controls her. He is exceedingly possessive of her, and is easily angered when he catches her talking to another man. “I get lonely.” She says to Lennie, “You can talk to people, but I cant talk to nobody but Curley”.
Edna would have to give up her lavious lifestlye to become a independent woman in society. Society intentions was that a woman played a simpe role that Edna was doing and playing by the rules. MR brings out this side that Edna has been missing and searching for in her life. MR gives her a new perspective that breaks the rules of what Society wants out of a woman. Edna is enchanted by M.R indpendence although MR lives a simple life with little money.
During this era, society’s gender expectations were narrow and proscribed, and the opportunities presented to women were limited. Anys’ personality showed a significant amount of power as a majority of women in the novel look up to her and aspires to be like her. Anys was an unusual woman of that time; an accomplished, self-reliant and, underneath a remarkably kind woman who Anna sadly reflects “should have been my friend”. Her understanding from an early age, of the health benefits of various herbs and plants came from her Aunt, Mem Gowdie. Anys and Mem provide Eyam with the “physic” that the villagers need, as well as the “best chance our women had of living through their confinements with healthy infants in their arms”.
I am guilty.” (Scene 2, Pg. 212) Antigone- “No, Ismene. You have no right to say so. You would not help me, and I will not have you help me.” Even though Antigone and Ismene have completely different personalities, they need each other. Ismene is loyal and she is willing to face her fears and die with Antigone, and she is the more practical one out of the two.
Fun Home is a about a woman named Alison Bechdel and her life growing up as a child. She grew up in a dysfunctional family with an artsy father, a mother who never seemed to be happy, and two brothers. She has a complex relationship with her father and throughout the story she tries to get a better understanding of him. She describes her life and family by using many different types of literary allusions. This book also shows how she was shaped as the woman she is today because of her mother and father.
She was already thinking ahead to the things she would do as an independent woman. “There would be no powerful will bending hers in that blind persistence with which men and women believe they have a right to impose a private will upon a fellow-creature. A kind intention or a cruel intention made the act seem no less a crime as she looked upon it in that brief moment of illumination” (Meyer, 2012, p. 15). In “The Yellow Wallpaper”, Jane was struggling to have the men in her life take her seriously. She was struggling with what I interpreted as post-partum depression.
For example, Antigone seems to be impervious toward Creon’s misogynistic ways; however, her sister, Ismene, is seen to be internalizing the idea that women are insignificant compared to men. We see the impact that this sexist culture has on Ismene when she tells Antigone, “We must remember that by birth we’re women, and, as such, we shouldn’t fight with men. Since those who rule are much more powerful, we must obey in this and in events which bring us even harsher agonies… Since I’m being compelled, I will obey those in control. That’s what I’m forced to do. It makes no sense to try to do too much” (77-85).