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Gender Roles In The Great Gatsby

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1920-- the year that changed the American society for woman, the year that gave them the right to vote. For many, this was a huge step in recognizing women’s role and importance in society. Women's rights have been contemplated and defined as many things in the past couple of hundred years; but even today do they still think that they are looked down upon at times. “Feminism” wasn’t always a word that was spoken spitefully, but a word that does mean that “men and women should have equal rights and opportunities”. Today, feminism is usually looked at as girls over-exaggerating about their rights. But truly, it’s really about men and woman having equal rights. This can include getting equal wages, having high-positioned jobs, and many more. The question is: have gender roles changed over …show more content…

Through the sources, “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald, “Our Deportment, of the Manners, Conduct, and Dress of Refined Society” by John H. Young, and the speech by Emma Watson, “HeForShe: Gender Equality is Your Issue, Too”, it is revealed that gender roles have changed, except in the area of social equality. Far back in history as many could remember, a woman was never seen as an important figure in a home, marriage, and jobs. It was usually heard of wives staying home while the husband worked, and they took care of the children and the house. In 1881, that was not the case. “Home is the woman’s kingdom, and there she reigns supreme”. (Young, 1). Who ever thought that back a couple hundred years ago, a woman in the house was basically considered royalty? It is shocking. Women, a hundred years back, were known to have trouble being socially, economically, and politically recognized. “It is the husband's duty to join his wife in all her endeavors to instruct her children, to defer all matters

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