The roles of women in the 1950s were to be a good wife and to stay at home and take care of the children. They were not seen as people in the workplace because they didn't have the strength and the brains that the men did. Katherine Watsons views were different because she believed that women should be able to go out and work with men and do the same thing they do. They don't always need to stay at home and cook, clean, and watch the kids.
I don't think that Betty was happy in her marriage. Her husband was always gone and never had time to be with her. I believe she had this whole romantic idea about marriage and how amazing it was but once she got married she didn't enjoy it. Her mother refused to let Betty stay with her because she was grown up and now that she got married she had to be with her husband and make him happy, it was what women were expected to do back in those days.
I agree with your "1950's" response. Women in the 1950's should have been able be able to do something besides staying and home and taking care of the children all the time.
ReplyDeleteYeah women were basically considered inferior to men back then. I also agree when you said that Betty wasn't happy, it's quite obvious. Especially when she blew up on Giselle that everything she was saying, she was actually talking about herself.
ReplyDeleteYou're right when you said "They were not seen as people in the workplace because they didn't have the strength and the brains that men did" because all they thought of women was that they where only there to take care of their family and husband and not be independent. Also with Betty, you're right when you said she had a great idea on what marriage would be but then reality hit her and her husband was cheating on her and her mom said she was growing up so she could not come back home because it wasn't her home anymore.
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