In the times John Steinbeck lived in women were not held in high regard but they were just present to serve men. However, they still tried to yearn for a better future by exploiting men. The character Curley's wife in the novel is a victim of society and her dream. She is married to Curley who neglects her and so because of her loneliness she is always seeking attention. She wears too much makeup and dresses like a "whore"
It's easy to see why Rich believes that when she was a student, what she was taught "in no way prepared [female students] to survive as . . .wom[e]n in a world organized by men" (211). In my opinion, not a lot of women around this age would have been brave enough to write an article about taking women students serious for fear of oppression. Many women probably did not even know how to write because their were neglected from their studies or were probably always to busy doing what ever their husbands wanted them to do.
Curiosity Killed the Cat After reading the four short stories, the proverb “curiosity killed the cat” seemed to echo through my head. This proverb is meant to teach us that if you are too interested in things you should not be interested in, you may be causing yourself problems by trying to find out things you don't need to know. If curiosity is used foolishly it can result in a negative outcome, for example, Bluebeard’s wife wanting to find what is in the forbidden room in “Bluebeard”, the heroine entering the forbidden room in “The Bloody Chamber, and Sally who is overly curious and wants to know every detail about her husband in “Bluebeard’s Egg”. In comparison, if curiosity is used wisely it can result in a positive outcome, for example, the woman in “The Key” presents curiosity as something positive in her seminars and encourages the women not to settle for the unknown but to fight for the truth. In the short story, “Bluebeard” by Charles Perrault, curiosity gets Bluebeard’s wife in a great deal of trouble.
Two other females that had nicknames are known as a sexual need in the film because McMurphy invited them over to seduce the guard and Billy. First, women are inferior to men because they were never given a position of power. During the 1960s, woman did not have any experience with power because they still lived in a society where men are taking control. In quote, “These gender roles have been used very successfully to justify inequities, which still occur today, such as excluding women from equal access to leadership and decision – making positions” (Tyson, page 85). Males still see females as patriarchal women, not as leaders or decision makers.
Then, one night her Commander asks to see her privately where they play Scrabble (which is illegal because in Gilead, women are not allowed to read) and she is allowed to look at old magazines; to conclude these secret encounters, the Commander asks Offred to kiss him. One day during a shopping trip, her partner handmaid, Ofglen, reveals that she is a member of “Mayday”, an organization whose sole purpose is overthrowing Gilead. Knowing of Offred’s secret meetings with the Commander, she asks her to gain bits of information for Mayday. But Offred, caught up in her affairs with both the Commander and Nick, the guard, soon ignores these requests. When Offred expresses her unhappiness to the Commander he simply states that “you can’t make an omelette without
Also, when Curley’s wife is talking to Lennie, Candy, and Crooks in Crooks bunk she states “I think I know where they all went even Curley”(37). Curley’s wife knows that her husband is unloyal to her when he goes with the workers to a cathouse. Because no other character in the novel shows jealousy and deceitful, Curley is a bad to be a good husband to his wife it makes her talk even with Lennie. Because Curley ignores his wife and does not let her talk to anybody, he takes part of the responsibility for his wife’s
This goes back to character versus character since there are two people talking or acting with each other and it is conflict. In this c vs. c this is conflict since she is asking why he won’t do something for them. Curley’s wife loves to interact with people and they sometimes don’t want her. Steinbeck proves Curley’s wife is the loneliest on Of Mice and Men through cvs.c conflict, dialogue, indirect characterization. Curley’s wife is very lonely so she has to make her rounds at the farm to not be as lonely as possible.
During the 1950s, Australia’s attitude towards feminism was still quite negative. World War 2 had recently ended and although women contributed to the war effort, they were still expected to return home as housewives. Opportunities for women to be well educated and find success in high level jobs such as becoming a lawyer or a doctor were unlikely, as there was little point in continuing onto further tertiary studies because they would only go on to marry and have children and no longer contribute to the workforce. Staying true to one’s self in the 1950s was extremely difficult, especially if you were a female because society was constantly trying to mould you into something else. Australia’s expectations in the 1950s were that women should get married in their early twenties and devote themselves to the task of looking after the needs of their husband and children.
The Yellow Wallpaper Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s short story “The Yellow Wallpaper” details the struggle that women continue to face through male dominance and domestic violence by way of psychological abuse. Her story is centered on the detail of a woman’s captivity by her husband in order to improve her mental well being. The woman’s thoughts, emotions and imagination all play a vital role in discovering what is causing her state of mental incompetence. Occurring in the late 1800’s, the women’s suffrage movement had not yet occurred. Women were still viewed as being inferior to men and did not have a voice to air their concerns or displeasure.
Women, Culture and Social Change Roman Women - 400 C.E. Rome was very much a male dominated society. Women were not allowed to be senators, judges, or governors yet alone hold a position involving running the Roman Empire. Romans often feared powerful women for example Cleopatra, fearing that their king Julius Caesar was under the spell of the foreign queen. Roman women weren’t allowed to transact any business of importance without the agreement of her father, husband, or guardian (guardian is usually a male).