Gender Conflict Theory

Gender role refers to those behaviors and attitudes that are considered to belong to one sex. Gender role is based on femininity and masculinity that differentiate women and men by giving men some roles and women which results to gender inequality. There some work in society that is regarded to belong to women such as cooking, taking care of children and other less important roles while men are given roles that makes them superior than women. Most of the gender roles associated with women makes them inferior and creates a room to be oppressed. Gender roles are constructed by society and attributed to women or men.

Her advocacy for female education has two sides to it: the fact that if followed, it would prove a tangible positive impact on countless lives, but that it is also proposed and framed within the same oppressive patriarchy that fails to allow any reasonable deviance from its gender roles, much less a consideration of the value of those roles. She supports--or claims to support--women acting with utmost modesty, fulfilling their assigned roles and doing so with obedient deference to the men in their lives. She takes women with humility and piety, caring and support. On top of it all, she advocates for women

The media and advertising are at fault for how gender is portrayed on adverts they create gender roles which the public perceive as the correct way to behave. Lips (2001: p14) said that Gender role refers to the attitudes, behaviour, and activities that are socially defined as appropriate for each sex & are learned through the socialization process. This has all created a gender stereotype. The media are a forceful source of gender stereotyping. In adverts women are portrayed as the unintelligent consumer, socially conscious of her purchases, dependant on men and sex objects whereas men are perceived as a figure of authority, handy men and intelligent decision makers.

They claimed that exerting indirect influence was not only time-consuming but also ineffective in enacting social reforms. With the vote, suffragists argued, it would be easier for women to oppose corrupt government practices and win social reforms (Kauffman). Women began to argue that with the opinion of women throughout the country, the government would advance. Men and women have a difference in opinion so having both involved in the government they could avoid future corruption and bad decision making. Women have a lot of different qualities than men so adding those to the government system would help the

A women should have a good job, but still be the main care taker of the family. A woman should be strong, but not too strong or shes masculine. These stereotypes are not helpful to society and only lead to judgement. Gender roles don’t just effect women, they hurt men too. "Men are Stuck" Emily Alpert Reyes discusses the stereotypes that surround men.

In conclusion, the essay, The Great Lawsuit, helped make the stereotypical society realize each gender should have a fair chance at every opportunity what came their way. Women were portrayed as s servant than a respected citizen of the society, and they could have seen as a slave also in a way. The women could not do anything without a male’s permission unlike men, who could do anything without questions been asked. In history, the men were powerful and all knowing, and the women were portrayed as a supporting role to the men. Some women wanted to be known as something much greater, but the regulations for the women were stricter.

There’s a power balance between the three men and the two women in The Reeve's Tale that is influenced by patriarchal values. The author limits actions performed by female characters to carry stereotypical assumptions of gender expectations. If you examine closely, the miller's wife is unnamed purposefully because she is considered untrustworthy and invaluable to Symkyn. Also, any credibility that is given to a female, has to have a man present to accept those responsibilities. This formulates that women cannot exist without having some type of man to establish their credibility.

All social liberties, which a woman can obtain by not performing the gender-constructed role that requires her to fully suppress her desires, can be lost if one follows her desires unlimitedly. To keep the social victories, women need to find a balance between being decisive and allowing themselves a destructive full freedom of actions. Yes, Wollstonecraft argues for a stronger suppression of women’s desires in order for women to gain equal rights with men. The path to equality lies through education, and desires pose a danger to perceiving the education

Viola’s cleverness provide Duke Orsino with good advice, and she becomes his confidant. Despite her own developing feelings for him, Viola remains loyal to Orsino 's interests and attempts to fulfill her duties as his attendant. Although Viola was born a noblewoman and her societal role was to be told what to do by an authoritative male figure, she successfully break the barriers that Elizabethan society had forced upon her sex. Viola disregards the proper roles society has placed on the female sex; therefore, she crossdresses, and removes all restraints, and becomes a liberated individual. Viola finds such liberation by dressing as a man, as well as showing characteristics of a man in her actions.

This novel subtly shows the difference between the values ascribed to male and female traits in which man’s needs take precedence over women’s needs. Deshpande subverts stereotypical conventional ideals of motherhood, femininity, and masculinity. She shows both male and female sexes transcending their gender attributed traits. Female characters in this novel- Kalyani, Sumi, Aru exhibit masculine traits which are conventionally associated with males, on the other hand male characters- Shripati and Gopal, who escape their duty and responsibility towards their families, unveil feminine traits. Vinay Kirpal also is of the opinion that “Deshpande’s protagonists generally seek to come out of their tradional beliefs” (Geethamala, 196).