A Doll's House, A Room of One's Own, and The Awakening all discuss the roles of women in society. When discussed in class, we concluded that women were overall slaves for their husbands. They were supposed to obey, submit, and serve. They were to be something for the man to look at, to be pleasing to the eye.
Since the time those novels were written, women's roles have changed for the better. However, there are still some things that in society that set the gender's progress back. For example, the idea that all women should be "beautiful", eye candy, if you will. Magazines, television shows, advertizments all show flawless women. They are to be the role models to all of the gender.
In my opinion, beauty is not everything. So a girl is beautiful. So what? What if she can't hold a proper conversation? What kind of a man would want a beautiful girl who can't tell a rock from a cookie? Not a decent one.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
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