“There is always a huge contrast between the behaviour of men and women” How far do you agree in relation to Pride and Prejudice? Extend your ideas with the Yellow Wallpaper Austen uses the difference of male and female characters to highlight the difference in the behaviour and how this influences events and relationships in the novel. Similarly Perkins also uses the gender behaviour differences to demonstrate the contrast of roles that gender plays. The contrast and difference of men and women’s behaviour is demonstrated in their goals in life and the behaviour in which they go about this. One way Austen shows this is through Mr and Mrs Bennet, Mrs Bennet does not understand her husband Mr Bennet, and whilst Mrs Bennet’s aim in life is to get her daughters married to rich men, in contrast, Mr Bennet is not interested in family affairs and does not seem to think much of his daughters in general.
The negative attitude towards Mr. Collins is due to his obvious insensibility and his serious obligations to Lady Catherine. She hates Mr. Darcy too, for several reasons like his extreme pride and breaking up the unity between her sister and Mr. Bingley. But both the gentlemen, unaware of her mindset, expect that Elizabeth would readily accept the offers. Furthermore, both the gentlemen possess a high account of their social back ground and have a feeling that Elizabeth is much inferior in her status. For instance, Mr. Collins says recovering Lady Catherine’s words, “Let her be an active…..not brought up high” justifying his choice.
Morrison feels that women should work together with kindness and be generous towards each other. According to Morrison’s view female power differs from male power. It is because besides the obvious physiological differences, there are also different ways in which men and women speak, behave, and think. In order for us to understand men and women’s nature, society must do away with human subjectivity and look closer to what’s ahead. After years of male power and dominance, women have now risen against it.
What is love? People say that you cannot judge a book by its cover, if so, then why did Wang Lung felt guilty for not loving O-lan? The perceptions of a man by cataloging a woman are in very high standards, depending on the class of the male. It would be irrational to think that a man wants a woman to betrothed with, only because his desire is someone to do his household tasks and to bear him descendants. Bound feet are another fine example of how women must suffer anguish since the moment of development and growth to serve a man’s view as cultural and racial believes.
a) Explain the concept of relativist ethics. (25 marks) b) ‘Relativist Ethics are unfair’ Discuss. (10 marks) a) Relativist ethics can be described as the belief that nothing is objectively right or wrong and that the definitions of right or wrong depend upon the prevailing view of a particular individual, culture, or even the politics of the area. People do not always agree on what ‘s right and what’s wrong. For example, in some cultures it may be acceptable for a man to have more than one wife, while in other cultures this would be seen to be immoral, and even a crime.
This can be seen as a very sexist ‘idealisation’ for men to enforce on women; just because they were the opposite sex, why did they not get the same rights to live as good and full a life as men? It was men that set up the idea that women should not be seen or heard, as the C5 Athenian statesman Perikles states the ideal – “Your (i.e. women’s) great glory is not to be inferior to what God has made you, and the greatest glory of a woman is
In empathizing with her, as well as recognizing their moral failure by not coming to her assistance, they decide to hide the critical evidence from the men (Glaspell, 1992). This story depicts the differences between men and women to be more than just physical variances, but also the emotional and psychosocial reactions vary as well. Throughout the story, women and men portray different
The connecting elements between Hedda and Medea are the way they were both raised and forced to live in a world designed to be controlled by men. While Hedda is often referred to as the “modern” Medea, the concept of the role of women in society was hardly adequate to satisfy the needs of each woman, during either time. On the other hand, Hedda Gabbler points to the subject of individualism, especially towards women and their petty role in society. Medea is the victim of a more traditional suffering experienced by women that of being dependent on the extreme love felt towards a man that ironically, in the end, was not mutual. Another coinciding element found in Medea was vengeance.
Sometimes some cultures take it a step further and force the idea on women making them believe that they have no sense of free will in a man’s world; the product of this is women who lead lives full of resentment, sorrow, and frustration. Some may argue that it works both ways and it would be same if a man is born into a family of pure women siblings, hypothetically they would be correct if society was fair and had a sense of equality, sadly that is not the case. Even if a boy is born into a women subjugated society, somehow a way would be found to make men seem better than women. Arguments like, even the word female has the word male in it; can be used to make women seem less than men. This society is ethically ill and has no appreciation for the woman figure, that being said, Cisneros is able to bring that hidden truth to light and show readers that women struggle for appreciation, approval, or just acceptance from the moment they are born.
And that the Male Gaze expresses an unequal power relationship, between the ‘viewer’ and the ‘viewed’, for example, that men impose their unwanted gaze upon women. Feminists say that some women however don't conform to the male gaze and are represented in the media by showing they are strong and powerful women without men or males. Some feminists argue that whether or not women welcome the gaze, that some women might merely be conforming to the norms established