After all, in countries such as New Zealand (1893), Australia (1901), Finland (1906) or Norway (1913) women got the vote before the war began, whereas others such as Denmark (1915), Iceland (1915), Holland (1917) or Sweden (1919) gave it to women during the war without being involved in it. (http://www.firstworldwar.com/features/womenww1_three.htm) Women did make steps when it came to labor, but many women also looked down on the working class feminists. They thought it was unnecessary, and women should have their own place in the home
As much as she tried, Anna could not completely mask her high class upbringing. Even from the moment she asked for a job her employers knew she was a lady (“For the girl’s accent, with its rolling “r”s and lilting intensity, quite failed to disguise her educated voice, as did the shabby coat and skirt the grace of her movements” pg 24). Inevitably, with Anna’s well-bred past came a lack of knowledge about the work and social rules that came with being a maid. Rather than simply struggling through, however, Anna borrowed and thoroughly read the three volumes of Domestic Compendium. The book taught her the general motions of being a maid including which people to curtsy to, nevertheless Anna decided that everyone was worthy of a curtsy and proceeded to do so to everyone she met (“I shall curtsy to the butler,’ decided Anna…‘And the housekeeper.
Which ultimately lead the women to hide critical evidence from the men because they wouldn’t understand anyways. The setting, characters, and clues all contribute to the theme of gender roles of men and women in this short story. A big contributor of the theme of “A Jury of her Peers” is the setting in which the story takes place. Being that the story takes place in the early nineteen hundreds, the women are not seen as helpful. The women are kept in their domain, the kitchen, throughout the entire story because that is where men believed the women should be.
Mother liked testing the children on what they knew and liked to keep things interesting. Dillard's mother was an intelligent women, she worked at home most of the time but was suitable for so much more. More folks were not suitable for higher positions in the world because the women belonged at home. “She was smarter than the people who designated everything she had to use in her everyday life.”( ) Many women are afraid or feel intimidated by men or others for not being capable or as smart as men. Dillard's mother isn't afraid to stand up for her self and speak what she knew.
However, when those absurd rules are subverted the debate is immediate. At the beginning Thelma and Louise seems to follow all the conventional rules. Thelma is a beautiful married woman who takes care of her house and her husband better than herself even though it is an abusive marriage. Louise is a low wage waitress trying to reach
Her story, although we might not know if they’re completely true, tells of a woman who knew how to use her resources to gain the maximum out of her life. The men in her life were, for the most part, submissive, scared, and a little tortured by her. That is no way for a man to act, so to get them so willing, she had to have some power over them. As much as I respect her and really like her abilities, she does have a couple downfalls. She’s pretty disrespectful and with her fifth husband, they only way she got anything was because she hit him.
women's lives are individually trivial, and their only strength and/or success can come from banding together" (1). Such assertion construes women through male social law and endorses the masculine value system. But, as illustrated in the ironically-named Trifles, where male calumny proved misfortune as the women used domestic intuition and invisibility to supersede the law in the name of justice, Susan Glaspell shows that during this time period, women held a kind of power. This “power” is delicate and one of the key themes in Trifles. Although critics disagree on how the vastly different gender perceptions within the play are used to portray the theme of women’s power within law and justice, all of their arguments tie back to the fact that the women in the story act as a surrogate for the female society of that time, showing them that they have more power than they realize.
Christine Linde for instance. This woman is much more independent than the other women at the time. She is not subsidiary on children or a husband (any more), whereas Nora still is. Christine has disdainful feelings towards Nora, as she recognizes how much her friend needs to be taken care of whereas she perfectly knows how to take care of herself. During their first conversation in the play, Mrs. Linde even literally tells her: “You’re a child, Nora.” Torvald Helmer, Nora’s possessive partner, is however not a stranger to himself as he fits into the conventional idea of what a man should be like in society.
The Envious Mother V. The Emotionally Unavailable Mother Many people complain about there so called “impossible mother” thinking that because their mother is not perfect the automatic alternative is that she’s difficult, but there is no such thing as a perfect mother. Only a “good-enough” mother. Apter defines a good-enough mother as a mother with whom a son or daughter finds more comfort than pain, more resonance than dissonance, and one who introduces her child to the multiple transactions that constitute love between two imperfect people. A good-enough mother may have habits that more often annoying then endearing; but she is good-enough because the relationship she offers has room for understanding, imagination, growth, and pleasure. So what is a difficult mother?
She is a proficient businesswoman In an advertising company; lives a comfortable life together with her husband, Jeff, and her son named Jack. She still has problems like any mothers out there, who had problems of their husbands having an affair, such as solving the problem she has with Jack primarily because of his attitude around his father. As part of being an adult, she had become a conservative type of a woman and mother for her to be able to assume a full status in society; blend in with society. Robert, on the other hand, exhibits an attitude and an unseeing life of a young adult. He still hasn’t accomplished tasks expected of him as an adult.