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What Is Stepford Wives Role Of Women

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Stepford Wives (1972) is a novel by Ira Levin. It highlights the issues of feminism and how difficult it is to push through with the ideas. The novel starts off as Johanna, a strong independent feminist. Her family, which included her husband (who she claims is also a feminist), and her children are new residents in the town of Stepford. As times passes, she starts to believe that the women of Stepfords are being brainwashed, after learning that some of the women used to be strong feminists, by the men's association. They are perfect housewives, cooking, cleaning and taking care of the children. In the novel, women are physically forced into becoming a housewife but society pushes women towards that role verbally Ira Levin illustrates how men detest feminism and feminists, although they show that they agree with feminism. . …show more content…

Today, most men do not want feminism because it shortens their power. Men like having the authority and that was easy to maintain when many women were not working and stayed at home, following their orders. However, times have changes and more than half of women population work, causing men to lose power. There are still issues that shows that men are supposedly more superior to women such as wage gaps. Women get paid less than men is many jobs, such as medical. Many men seek power and they feel inarticulate if they are seen lower than women. Many men are abusive because they want to feel empowered and in control and in return, many females feel powerless and believe is that they are doing the wrong, which is what the man whats her to

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