Wednesday, May 6, 2020

Gender Inequality With Stereotypical Representations From...

Essay #1 Society often projects the ideal ideas of what is acceptable according to its standards formed by time and trends. Gender inequalities along with stereotypical representations from society are presented as themes among Sandra Cisnero’s and Junot DiÃŒ az’s short stories. While society may present and project an accepted view among the gender norms, each person is unique in his or her opinions and experiences. Though society often portrays the stereotypical dominant role of the male and the submissive female and an accepted view on heterosexuality, not all people classify under these categories. Women are sometimes perceived as feeble-minded but sometimes underrated in actuality. One example is â€Å"Anguiano†¦Ã¢â‚¬  by Sandra Cisneros, the†¦show more content†¦While the mother is working and trying to maintain the household while dealing with the absent father, this demonstrates that sometimes women are not as feeble as they may be perceived, es pecially in cases such as having an absent significant other. Another example is Cisnero’s â€Å"Bien Pretty† where the female narrator finds herself quickly falling in love with Flavio ManguiÃŒ a and feels emotionally weak, but ultimately discovers that he commited an infidelity with two other women (Cisnero, â€Å"Bien Pretty† 138). While the narrator may be emotionally weak in terms of having feelings for her significant other, she concludes that she could happily live alone without a significant other; society sometimes does not approve of this necessarily, but expects women to be submissive to a man. While society portrays men are portrayed as dominant and the leader of the household as and may determine the idea of masculinity, men may be susceptible to the same hardships as women as well. One example is DiÃŒ az’s â€Å"Fiesta† where the boy narrator and his brother, Rafi, withold his father’s infidelity a secret from their mother fo r favor of keeping the family together. While acts of infidelity are frowned upon and the father may be described as a toxic figure to the household with child abuse, the boy narrator suffers from emotional and physical

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