Restrictions In Louise Erdrich's 'Future Home Of The Living God'

Government Restrictions and Women’s Unequal Rights in Books and Real Life
Throughout the book, Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich, there are many instances of de-evolution and unequal women’s rights that take place throughout the storyline. This book involves the process of women not being allowed to give birth to children because the government believes that it could bring harm to others and want to contain and put a stop to the problem. De-evolution takes place in the story and government restrictions put families carrying children under immense amounts of pressure to stay safe as a result. This happens because these families have to make sure that nothing bad happens to their babies and children. However, the idea of pregnant

For example, in the book where says in the text, “When you get out, don’t tell anybody that you’re pregnant,” (Erdrich, 51). This quote shows how Cedar in fact does not have rights over what happens to her body or baby and how the rest of the baby’s life may have to be dictated by the government and other doctors. ALong wi this , the theme of having their rights taken over by people other than themselves such as government officials and men occurs. Another example explaining this theme of how women should be given the right to equal rights is from an article titled, “Feminism and Ecofeminism'' written by the American History and Infobase website by multiple authors which states, “Feminists advocated equal pay for equal work and equal opportunities for advancement…the Supreme Court ruled that it was illegal to pay women less than men for the same work if gender was the only differentiating factor…women have struggled to obtain equal pay even in the 21st century,” (Infobase, page 1). This portion of text represents how women during this time struggled with making money for themselves since the government would not allow them to receive teh same equal pau for equal work as men and would get payed less. Since men were being payed more than women for the same amount of work, marriage bars which caused the allowance of women to be able to work caused society and the government to keep women out of the labor force and not allow them to express themselves. In the end, this quote shows how the women in history didn’t have the same rights of men and struggled to be who they were due to their partners and the government not allowing them to have equal reward for work. As a result, these two quotes correspond with one another because they both show how women were not always given the same opportunities as men in many things and how their