A Woman's Role in Society

Women and men are nestled into predetermined cultural molds when it comes to gender in American society. Women play the roles of mothers, housekeepers, and servants to their husbands and children, and men act as providers, protectors, and heads of the household. These gender roles stem from the many culture myths that exist pertaining to America, including those of the model family, education, liberty, and of gender. The majority of these myths are misconceptions, but linger because we, as Americans, do not analyze or question them. The misconception of gender suggests that biological truths no longer dictate our gender roles as men and women; they derive from cultural myths. We, as a nation, need

Throughout A Doll’s House, Torvald views Nora’s actions as being deceiving not only towards him but also towards her family. However, Nora gain her perspective on her own actions and begins observing it differently than Torvald’s. The play states, “ It was me they told that his life was in danger...well, well, I thought, you’ve got to be saved somehow. And then I thought of a way-,” (Ibsen 35-36). Within Nora’s and Mrs. Linde’s private conversation, Nora conveys that her manipulation of money revealed how she deceives her husband even though it was in good intent to save his life. In addition, this demonstrates Nora’s willingness to think about others, such as her husband, before realizing for herself that there were going to be consequences for her later on. Within the play, Nora states, “ You have never understood me. A

Most authors in the twentieth century wrote novels that explained women struggles concerning traditions and male chauvinism ideologies. The themes encouraged feminism as seen in the following stories, “Sula, “A good man is hard to find” and “We should all be feminists” as they highlighted the struggles of women in patriarchal society. For example, “Sula” was effective in describing how roles of women are changing because they are enlightened and looking for independence against male chauvinism. In addition, the two other stories highlight the struggles of women that is engraved in old ideologies and traditions such as male chauvinism. So, the authors highlight that feminism help women to gain freedom and independence. In this regard, this essay will highlight the role of feminism in society. It will provide evidence of the role of feminism in changing patriarchal society beliefs by providing evidence from Morrison, “Sula” and O’Connor “A good man is hard to find” and Adechie “We should all be Feminists.”

The social role and stature of women has been an eternal topic. In an age when the images of women were expected to be associated with marriage, motherhood, and domestic matters, few Americans could have thought of a young woman from an upper-middle class family would pursue professional study of art in Europe in the late nineteenth century. Yet, praises and critics both fall on the young artist, Mary Cassatt (1844 - 1926). In this paper, I will show how two historians contrast about the their views of this feminine artist, as well as their methodological approaches.

The roles of gender are changing rapidly. Throughout U.S. history men have played dominant roles and were always the family breadwinners. As women get more education and make more money they are becoming the primarily breadwinners of their families. More women are working outside the home and their earnings are important to the well-being of their families. What are the effect on their families, careers and equal wages?

A Doll’s House is a play Henrik Ibsen. The play starts with a loving couple Mr. and Mrs. Helmer. Nora Helmer once secretly borrowed a large amount of money so that her husband could recuperate from a serious illness from Italy. When Torvald is appointed bank director, his first act is to catch a man who was once disgraced for having forged his signature on a document. Krogstad, the person Nora has borrowed her money. It is then revealed that she forged her father's signature in order to get the money. Krogstad threatens to reveal Nora's crime and as a contract Krogstad, demand Nora to tell Torvald not to fire him. When Torvald

A woman’s role in American society has been progressive, yet challenging over the decades, battling the change of America’s once male dominated society, to a nation where the gender role is equally balanced. Within the nation, it struggles with viewing women as equivalent in the workplace, family life, and economically. While we have improved since the colonial times and the 1900’s, we still have further progress to procreate towards to providing stability and equality of women’s financial, working, and family needs.

Modernism is the term of deviating from the norm. In the early 1900s, modernism influenced women’s role in society by providing more opportunities, jobs, and role models for girls today, in society.

Have you ever wondered what the lifestyles of Nineteenth Century women were like? Were they independent, career women or were they typical housewives that cooked, clean, watched the children, and catered to their husbands. Did the women of this era express themselves freely or did they just do what society expected of them? Kate Chopin was a female author who wrote several stories and two novels about women. One of her renowned works of art is The Awakening. This novel created great controversy and received negative criticism from literary critics due to Chopin's portrayal of women by Edna throughout the book.

In both plays, A Doll’s House and Trifles, the discussion of gender roles is greatly examined. During this time, being a woman meant you had no control and had to do everything with a man. A man had all of the control, and their job was to protect and guide their wives. Both of these plays share this similar ideology, as all of the male characters believe that women are incapable of doing much and their worries and wants are unimportant.

For centuries upon centuries, the woman has been the butt of the sexes. Always second to men, she accepted her role as a lesser being because culture and religion told her she was not equal to the males of her society.

A doll house is based on Nora understanding how she feels about her relationship with her husband Torvald. The play opens up with Nora arriving home from Christmas shopping, excited to show her husband what she has purchased. Torvald will be getting a promotion at his bank so Nora feels that she gets to splurge a little on gifts. Torvald calls Nora a child, spendthrift, and a lark for her actions on spending a lot of money. Torvald teases Nora and compares her to her father by saying the following:

A women's role has changed tremendously and is making its greatest impact in our society today. Many years ago, women's contribution to society was limited and controlled by men. Women are standing tall and are playing a major role in many important areas. Women's role has changed at an accelerating rate and have part in areas such as Politics, Professional Training Jobs, Medicine,Business and Law. Formerly they were not part of any political matter, but they have advanced in many aspects. For example, women have attained power and have been growing in political office.

A Doll’s House revolved around Nora, a loving housewife. Who had to borrow money in order for her to take care of his husband when he was ill. During this time in Europe, it is highly illegal for wives to borrow money without the consent of their husbands. Nora’s husband Torvald would have never approved in borrowing money, because he wanted to maintain his respectful appearance even when sick. That is why Nora forged the signature of her father in order to attain loan. From here it is evident that Nora loves her husband dearly that she would do almost anything, even break the law, for her husband.

The social role which I feel that I occupy and that I am going to focus on in this essay is the one of a women in this society. I believe I have been socialized into this role for numerous reasons. Throughout this paper I will explain how I think I have been socialized into this role.