Fritz Oehlschlaegar's The Lottery

Men want to keep the roles of women worthless to make themselves seem superior and be dominant. Edwin O. Reischauer explains the relationship between Japanese men and women — “In Western eyes, husbands frequently treat their wives coldly and even with disdain.” (Reischauer, 175) Men mistreated women and considered them inferior since they did not have same dominance as men [the way society viewed women/girls] and were scornful of women in the household. The role of Japanese women was hard with being a daughter, wife, and mother. They had many responsibilities as women yet were mistreated for being submissive and weak. Women were forced to learn how to cook, sew, take care of the household, and invests time on attending their husbands and children too.

They thought that the women were their little slaves while they went off to have a great day with their acquaintances. Men also assumed women were not smart enough to work in government. Men brainwashed women into thinking that they were not eligible (smart enough) to work in government. They feared that women politicians would make make a bias vote against all the men to vote them out. They feared that women’s votes

The older generation of the public, especially older men, may despise her because they are chauvinistic and do not think women should have power. For example, the older generations may be narrow minded and think less of the opposite sex. This may be because in their youth, men would be expected to make important decisions, such as voting and take charge in situations needing leadership or guidance i.e sole bread winner. This could have a negative impact due to some members of society not supporting her

“Like intense relationships between women in general, the relationship between mother and daughter has been profoundly threatening to men,” and , by largely eliminating men from these stories, or showing them in a negative light, the women becomes the sole focus (Marsh). The relationships between men and women during perestroika offers little as far as progression of women’s role in society. “Since perestroika, Russian women have been subject to a ‘backlash’, largely from male politicians and journalists, against the alleged ‘over-emancipation’ of women by the Soviet state” (Marsh). The absence of really positive male characters in these works allows for real women struggles to be taken seriously and without much judgement and emphasizes the importance of the mother and daughter relationship as well as the women struggle during

They are asked to leave out of courtesy to them, not their wives or daughters. It was thought to be improper to see a woman give birth. “Childbirth was one area of life that was distinctly female; men...generally excluded from the birthing chamber” (Married Life). Although this allows for many sexist ideas to be shared, it also allows for the beautiful relationships between women to be created. Women had to stick together in a world run by men.

So not only does this company acted on a violation called Disparate Treatment .This establishment also violates her Title VII rights because they don’t see this woman equal to a man because of her gender. The company is fine with a male employee having a mustache, but as for a woman they view her differently. The woman refuses to shave off her mustache although it is neatly groomed, although she followed orders they still won’t

We should be wooed and were not made to woo.” (2.1.245-249) Here, Helena is pointing out that although it isn’t socially acceptable for women when it comes to love, she really doesn’t care. By doing this, Helena reveals the double standard when it comes to men and women. She also raises an interesting question. Why is it OK for women to “fight for love”, but it isn’t OK for women to do the same? Usually women are to remain passive and allow the men to be aggressive.

For the reason that men are on the top of the food chain looking for “good girls” because their opposites, the “bad girls” are “not good enough to bear a man’s name or his legitimate children. That role is appropriate only for a properly submissive “good girl” (Tyson 90). So, while the girl is asked not to indulge in the “fun”, the boundary lines between the masculine and feminine gender are laid out when describing such “fun”, which holds a different meaning for each gender. Tyson asserts that “patriarchal ideology works to keep women and men in traditional gender roles and thereby maintain male dominance” (97). Maybe not the mingling of genders, but instead the mingling of activities they indulge in would help blurring the well-defined lines separating what is defined as masculine, and what is defined as

Being a 19th century woman, Nora Helmer was at a disadvantage since work outside the home and education was not acceptable, unless they were a widow or single. One reason for this lack of education was for the sole purpose of dominance, as stated by author Ramona Mihăilă, “women consider that their intellectual inferiority is generated by their deficient in education, and they accuse both the society and men for keeping them in ignorance, in order to dominate them better” (657). Hence, women were to be attractive, delicate creatures submissive to their husbands and caretakers of the children. Remarkably, N. I. Trofin condemned men for not allowing the women to receive education that in turn could lead to moral corruption in the pursuit of money.

As a reader, the audience can tell if the men saw this evidence they would most likely not agree and would have a whole different perspective than the women. Either way you see it Mrs. Wright did strangle her own husband. So, the women decided to keep the evidence to themselves because even they knew the men wouldn 't be able to see it the way they do. The men would think their theory on Mrs. Wright is absurd and surely put her behind bars. It seems to be that gender roles and being loyal to your own sex is a key part to the play.