19th+c.+Gender+Roles

Esther Kim Period 4 4/25/11 19th Century Gender Roles “Man for the field and woman for the hearth: Man for the sword and for the needle she: Man with the head and woman from the heart: Man to command and woman to obey” How accurately do the lines of poetry above reflect gender roles for European men and women in the late 19th century? Thesis:The lines of poetry above do not reflect the gender roles of the late 19th century European men and women very accurately.  -considered inferior to men  ( 1 justification: cult of domesticity, women and complement each other: Women are weak and emotional=> do not fit into the harsh competitive public sphere. men are strong and rational =>can deal with public affairs)  -received lower wages for the same jobs men had <span style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 7.1pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: 13.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">-were to stay at home, take care of family. Earned nothing <span style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 7.1pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: 13.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">-were to be married(couldn’t take care of selves well. Low wages+few good jobs) <span style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 7.1pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: 13.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">-no convents=>spinsters forced to become live-in servants <span style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 7.1pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: 13.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">-ideal woman: nurturing mother+wife  || ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> Men  ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">-considered superior to women <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">-easily able to get jobs <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">-received higher wages <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">-freedom to do whatever they wanted ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Exceptions: ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">-working class women always worked to help support family <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">-increasing # of women began getting jobs <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">-better jobs for women(white-collar jobs created shortage of workers) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">-started teaching, entered the medical field <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Ex. Elizabeth Blackwell, Florence Nightingale <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">-most stuck to ideal woman image <span style="color: green; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; line-height: 150%;">               <span style="font-family: 맑은 고딕;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">[]
 * <span style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 7.1pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: 13.7pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: left;"> ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> Women **