Gender Discrimination In A Handmaid's Tale

Anthony other women’s rights pioneers, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton which caused the Congress to exceed and amendment issued by the Constitution to liberate and enfranchise women(Schneider 6). Many women groups were not being listened too which made them push even harder to get the right to vote(Frost-Knappman 17). Because of this great influence the women presented at that time, it became a mass movement(Schneider 7). Two organizations were critical help for the women, with the NAWSA, National American Woman Suffrage Association which managed campaigns to release women. Also this organization worked diligently with President Wilson to transcend a Constitutional Amendment of woman suffrage.

In this written text, the emphasis will be on Margaret Atwood’s novel, The Handmaid’s Tale and as well as the way Atwood portrays women and how it can be argued to show the oppression of women. The main purpose is to analyze the way women are treated throughout this book and depict why they are represented this way in the society in Gilead. Then, comparatively, observe the men’s domination over women and how they govern this society. In The Handmaid’s Tale, women are stripped of their rights, suffer many inequalities and are objectified, controlled by men and only valued for their reproductive qualities. The Gilead society is divided in multiple social group.

According to Ware: “Women who sought relief or paid employment risked public scorn or worse for supposedly taking jobs and money away from more deserving men.” Ware goes on to show why this idea was flawed. To begin with, many women were the sole source of financial support for themselves or their families. Furthermore, the jobs that women mainly got were in what we now consider traditionally women work, such as nurses, or sectaries.

In the renaissance period, the status and the presentation of women was oppressive and restrictive. Women were allowed to enjoy very few economic and political rights and acted submissively in front of their fathers and husbands. They were forced to remain in the domestic part of their society. Their roles as daughters, mothers and wives were considered significant in the renaissance age. Their reproductive capabilities was extremely important for inheritances and for maintaining the family line.

Secondly, discrimination against women was also a huge problem in the 1930s. Women were considered the weaker sex and were left to do things like housework and taking care of children instead of working out in the fields. In the novella, Of Mice and Men, Curley’s wife is told she should just stay in the house where she belongs. Women should have as equal opportunities as men to get a job and be given the same pay. Women were forced to take jobs that hadn’t been taken by men such as schoolteachers.

Women are highly underappreciated when the subject of history appears. Many do not like admitting that women have as much to do with the development of America as men do but it is apparent in several instances of history that America would not be what it is today without women. Several women throughout history have helped develop American society as a whole and they should be recognized.

Oregon-Doc. 7). The only job that women needed was motherhood because they were labeled as the idol to their children. According to this women had little independence and were diversified form men. Proper to the stereotype of women, in 1908 the Supreme Court accepted the political constitution of law to protecting women labor and the discrimination of both gender. Women were bias to the stereotype of gender roles and their rights and independence.

In older societies, many women felt trapped in their place in society and marriage, so who was a voice for them? Kate Chopin was one of the many influential voices for women in her time about women. Chopin wrote many stories that were influenced by experiences she has had in her life. Kate Chopin rebelled against the social roles of women and wrote many stories such as “The Storm” and “The Story of an Hour” that she used to express her own feminist views. First of all, Kate Chopin rebelled against the social roles of women.

For centuries, women have been exploited by the society. Events of women being prohibited from doing things like voting or working and being forced to behave the way it is considered to be socially acceptable have been jotted down in history. Until today women are still viewed as the weaker sex. In some countries, women are regarded less than human and are treated like slaves. Khaled Hosseini goes into the oppression of women in his novel A Thousand Splendid Suns.

In the 19th and into the 20th-century women had specific duties. Wives were to clean the house, cook eat meal, and take care of the children. Few women were well-educated with their own property; unmarried of course. They wanted more opportunity and excitement.

The novel “Handmaid’s Tale” by Canadian author Margaret Atwood is similar to the novel “Brave New World” by author Aldous Huxley. Both novels take place in the future with a totalitarian government in which their way of life would be considered obscured in today’s society, however it is imperative that everyone conforms for the success of the government. The two authors take different approaches to portray the story such as the motive to writing the story, the setting of the story, and the point of view. In separate interviews, both authors were asked a question about how believable their fiction story was to being reality. Both authors answered by saying that they believe that their story could be a possible future due to current or past