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Summary On Gender Stereotype And Social Expectations Of Women By Arimah

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The language and imagery Arimah use in this text, represent the ideas of gender stereotype and social expectations of women. Ogechi dreams that “If she was to mother a child, to mute and subdue and fold away parts of herself, the child had to be perfect” (Arimah 65). There is a societal expectation for Ogechi to mother a child. Ogechi wants her child to be perfect, later she describes her ideas that would make her child perfect: “Ogechi was determined that her child would be a thing of whimsy, soft and pretty and tender and worthy of love” (Arimah 65). This is a stereotype for females. They must have these characteristics. Ogechi believes these attributes are the only attributes that would make a female worthy of love. As Ogechi dreams, she

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