Good wives were considered to cook, clean, take care of the children, and treat their husbands well. Such traits are still believed to be good to this day, but the problem is when these views get in the way of a woman’s goals to become something more than just a house-wife. Further, she goes to describe how degrading some of these comments are such as “I want a wife to pick up after me.” (180); “I want a wife who will not bother me with rambling complaints about a wife’s duties.” (180). After reviewing just these few comments out of many I see that those statements are very degrading and narcissistic. This is no way to treat a woman that you are supposed to love; it sounds more like being a wife was more like being a slave in her viewpoint.
In the process of illustrating these different women, the film tries not to express one lifestyle being better than another lifestyle. Some of the women are perfectly content to be single and childless and other women are happy to have families. The character Emily Leighton demonstrates qualities of the "ideal" loving mother and wife. However, where some films would make her character seem weak or submissive, the film portrays Emily Leighton as a strong woman, who was willing to defy her husband and make a better life for her daughters. In one scene, her husband accuses her of being a bad mother and Mrs. Leighton responds by saying, "They are the only reason I am here."
A time when the banner of patriarchy flew over the bonnets of subjugated females. A time when you could choose either to conform, or face social rejection. Some women preferred to rebel in their own graceful ways, but most exacerbated their oppression with frivolous attitudes and behaviors. Beginning with the witty opening phrase, “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife” (Austen, 3), the author perpetuates a note on the status of the one track mind held by the female gender of this time. As exemplified in Pride and Prejudice with characters like Mrs. Bennet and her child, Lydia, many ladies put money above love when it came to the subject of marriage.
Steinbeck portrays Curley’s wife as an outsider and lonely throughout chapter four. I know this because Curley’s wife is always showing her authority over the group who try and basically be feminists. Curley’s wife shows her authority and dominant figure in the phrase ‘Well, you keep your place then Nigger’, You can say this in various ways, for example you could pick out the word ‘you’ as it shows that your responsible for your own actions in the place that you are on your own, so I think what Steinbeck is invariably showing is that if she feels as though she’s on her own and is being shunned out she feels that actually no one should be friends and everyone should live a lonely and solitary life like she is, so Steinbeck keeps hinting. In the phrase you could also pick out ‘your’ because she’s again referring to the fact that you are on your own in that place, so you cannot rely on other as Lennie does. She’s basically saying there are no us or we in yours, so stick to your own life, and watch your own business not anyone else’s, this links to Lennie, George and Candy’s American dream.
The three primary influences come from the women’s ability to birth and raise a child, marriage, and the preparation and consumption of food. Throughout the text, the influence women exercise in Iraq seems only relevant when these avenues of social necessity surface. Fernea recognized women of El Nahra had a different way of living, Western thought was dissimilar to that in Iraq, a country shattered by war and civil unrest. Women were afforded little rights compared to their male counterparts, however, they still managed to shape and influence Iraqi culture and process. The social model encouraged obedience and conservative thought.
Nancy Mairs is a “cripple”. It is not me being rude by calling her that, but rather me calling her what she prefers to call herself for personal reasons. Using a specific tone Mairs presents herself as a confident woman that has faced her challenges with an optimistic reality. Mairs is a woman who knows what she wants and her unwavering view on her condition is evident in the passage. She is aware of the fact that many people are uncomfortable with the word “cripple”, but “wants them to wince”.
In this century, “the ideal wife, by contrast, was chaste, silent, and obedient” (Greenblatt 124). She was a very strong-willed woman and in that day and age it was seen as a crime, even if it “involved nothing more than talkativeness” (Greenblatt 123). One of the reasons that Kate acted the way that she did was because of her background. Her own father favored her sister, Bianca, over her and she is made fun of by others. Dealing with people like this in life can make someone’s heart turn hard and calloused, which is what seems to have happened to Kate.
Of course, a lady and a woman have the same body parts and basic characteristics, but the way each thinks is very different. When a lady is described, immediately popping into your head includes traits such as respectful of herself, unselfish, outspoken, intelligent, and idolized. Being called a lady is an ultimate compliment for a female. A woman often cares mostly about themselves, they are neat and clean but not pristine, and they are considered no higher above on the scale than any other woman. It is often heard of females complaining how they want to find a true gentleman.
Based on Entry Denied, “Communities often focus on preserving cultural tradition through controlling the gender and sexual behavior of the women. At the same time, outsiders judge immigrants through stereotypes about the sexuality of the community’s women. Thus, immigrant women find themselves caught between the racism of the dominant society and the sexist expectation of their own community”. This is true for many immigrant communities such as the Arab-Americans. For instance, even though many of the Arab American women are required to cover themselves, almost all of them cover their bodies because they choose and not because they are forced to.
I am not oblivious to the flip side. I very well know that being a single mother is still much tougher and less marveled than being a single dad. A woman no longer a virgin is no longer marriage material. Hence gynaecologists are making bundles through “re-stitching” her hymen!! Too many women have internalized archaic adherence so well that they turn against their own kind.