Summary Of Phil Connor's Ona

Do to the centuries of gender inequality, the workplace has been infested with powerful males who have abused their position. Phil Conner was Ona’s boss who saw an opportunity to inappropriately mistreat Ona, do to her foreign background and economic standings. Ona had no choice but to comply to her male superior. Phil Connor represents the moral corruption of power in Chicago as well as the complicated relationship between politics, crime, and business. Since Connor has ties to all three of politics, crime, and business he has the ability to destroy Ona’s family. This example of Ona being abused by her male superior does not begin to describe all the wrong doings to a female inferior in society. In the early nineteen hundreds women’s suffrage

Jurgis believes that is like a china doll and is too fragile for the American society. Jurgis is giant and strong and Ona is tiny and fragile. Their marriage also starts out with these clearly defined gender roles: Jurgis wants to keep Ona at home while he works at the packing plants. Of course, this starts up being economically impossible. Once Ona enters the workplace, she becomes vulnerable to abuses from monsters like Connor, and Jurgis feels less and less in control of his family life and place in the world. Jurgis also treats Ona as if she was less than him intellectually. When the family is considering buying a home for themselves, Jurgis is the one who makes the final decision on buying the house. As "the man of the family," Jurgis decides to take full responsibility for the decision to buy the house, “It was the kind of thing the man of the family had to decide and carry through, he told himself. Others might have failed at it, but he was not the failing kind—he would show them how to do it. He would work all day, and all night, too, if need be; he would never rest until the house was paid for and his people had a home.” After all, "he would never rest until the house was paid for and his people had a home". When Jurgis says “his people” he means his family. Jurgis is very protective of his family. In making the decision to buy the house, though, Jurgis gets everyone including Marija Berczynskas,

According to a study, by Ariane Hegewisch, M.Phil., Emma Williams-Baron, when working full time jobs women make ten thousand dollars less than males. Women have always been put in an uneven playing field when it comes to gender roles. We have been born into a world full of stereotypes. The men they go out and make money while the women stay at home. The men are the strong ones who do the hard labor. The men are the ones who have be tough while the women are the emotional ones. It is the new born boys wear the color blue while the new born girls wear pink. A quote from a article by Lahle Wolfe perfectly summarizes how gender roles are played in the early years of many children, “In middle and high school, girls are more likely than boys to be discouraged from participating in sports, and clubs like debate, math, and science. But girls are more likely to be encouraged to participate in after school volunteer work, social programs, and more passive activities.”Gender lines are drawn early, and exclusions for women continue throughout adulthood. These constant messages may lead to a false belief that women do not belong in the high-powered corporate world.This gender discrimination is something that no one can escape. We are born into this imprudent, improper, and immoral society, that has not, will not, and chooses not to change for the better for women and children