Gender differences are very complex in their own way. Dorothy Allison writes, “Women lose their lives not knowing they can do something different. Men eat themselves up believing they have to be the thing they have been made.” In simpler terms of what I think is women are being seen as housewives. They never try something different, explore outside of their isolation being within in the house all the time. They always have the opportunity for trial and error. Because men can do whatever they want/desire to do of their lives. Yet, they take an opportunity and never give into it at all. Men have this fixation mindset of feeling that superiority in them, whilst women don’t because they have low self-esteem or the feeling they don’t deserve that placement.
Professor Laura Westengard
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I agree with you that it seems she sees women as people who don’t try to live past what is expected of them. And also as people who others expect very little from. On the other hand, men are seen as the head of the home, and the suppliers. I agree that men always try to fill that role, even though most of them don’t want to.
I agree with you that there is a low self-steem problem. Women seems to have their mind set to be only a housewives and never tries to do things men do. In the other hand, men think they only ought to do men jobs and should not do what housewives do.
I agree with you Rachel, the low self-esteem of the Women is a factor but I also think the economic status plays a big role in them. For the Men I think they had the opportunity to do better but like you said, they can do what ever they want because the have the advantage to do so.