Teaching Children To Aspire To Marriage By Adichie

. Otherwise you will threaten the man.” The quote addresses the issue that society teaches girls from a young age that they are better with less ambition, to aim to be something, but nothing too great. The motto, “Behind every great man there is a great women” connects to the idea of women carrying secondary roles. Women are taught to be successful in their careers, but not too successful, as it might “emasculate” men. Adichie also attacks the aspirations of marriage in men versus women. “Because I am a female I am expected to aspire to marriage. I am expected to make my life choices always keeping in mind that marriage is the most important.” Many women are taught that their number one priority and main goal in life is to marry a man who can

Adichie then questions this statement, “But why do we teach girls to aspire to marriage and we don 't teach boys the same?” The question arises to many underlying issues, such as how girls are instilled with the standards to be polite, do chores, cook, and to one day get married and have babies. Marriage is often seen as not just a goal, but a

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Skeleton Groove, champions once again.” The recording is from 1992, when Beyoncé was in a group called Girls Tyme, which eventually evolved into Destiny’s Child, when they were on a talent competition called Star Search. They lost the competition against an arguably lesser group of all white boys. Beyoncé said, “In my mind we would perform on Star Search, we would win, we would get a record deal and that was my dream at the time,” then she realized that “you could actually work super hard and give everything you have and lose.” It was “the best message,” she added, because it made her more determined than ever. That’s why it’s on her album.” (newsfeed.time.com) Beyoncé not only included a personal failure from her career as an artist, but she used it as a symbol that even if you are “flawless”, you still can lose sometimes. Beyonce is one of the most successful female artists, even though her career began with a loss and disappointment. Beyoncé also included, “I took some time to live my life”, which addresses the break she took from her music career, and traveled to Egyptian