Essay On Gender Roles In Their Eyes Were Watching

True equality means holding everyone accountable in the same way, even the workforce, regardless of race, gender, faith, ethnicity - or political ideology.In Their Eyes Were Watching G-d, by Zora Neale Hurston, Janie marries three men. The first marriage is with Logan, a man her nana predetermined for her to marry. Her second marriage is with a man named Jody, or Joe Sparks, who she thinks is on his way to a “richer life,” yet, instead it becomes a union where she is deprived of her “voice.” Both of Janie’s marriages depict the dominant roles men played in society. Individuals in society constantly struggle to strike a balance in gender equalities, Janie makes this evident in the ways she responds men and men respond to her. Just as individuals
This is not only in the way that Logan and Janie quarrel, but also in the way that Joe takes advantage of the soft spoken, beautiful entity, Janie. Both men have different depictions of what they want of Janie, yet for both of them Janie’s undertakings and voice must be utterly mandated by the them. Hurston give women the role in society which is asserted with men, they posses the responsibilities of a house wife, and in some cases have an even lesser duty. Hurston renders these men as people who disrespect and gain mastery over women. Not only is gender inequality a persistent theme in Hurston’s book, but also in society. Men and women each and everyday struggle in striking a balance in their roles. Living on the North Shore, a constant conception of Women is that they are housewives, having men be the money makers and the handymen. Women rarely take jobs if there husband has a secured job, yet as soon as that happens their husbands act as the “qualified and sufficient” ones. When attaining an equilibrium between men and women, we are able to see that the roles of North Shore women and Men can be asserted with the role of Janie under Joe and