Gallimard: Issues With Gender
The play definitely describes issues with gender, in Act 1 Scene Gallimard tells Marc how he becomes nervous when approaching women due to rejection. Then Marc goes on to say that he does not have to ask for a woman's permission because they don't need to say yes, he can have sex with them if he wants. In today's society that is sexual assault and you can be put in jail for that. This particular scene shows that woman were undermined by men and had no say in anything. In Act 2 Scene 2 Song tells Gallimard that most Chinese men keep their women down basically showing that they don't get any praise. In addition, in Act 2 Scene 3 Gallimard was having a conversation with Toulon and brought up if any one had heard of the affair between him and Song.
Toulon tells him the secret is safe because every man has secrets of their own. then Gallimard goes on to say to the audience that a benefit of being a man is the freedom to joke around with the other men and "celebrate the fact we're still boys". Males are obviously the dominant gender leaving the women as their servants in a way. It is an issue that women were not being treated equally and treated so terribly.
Toulon tells him the secret is safe because every man has secrets of their own. then Gallimard goes on to say to the audience that a benefit of being a man is the freedom to joke around with the other men and "celebrate the fact we're still boys". Males are obviously the dominant gender leaving the women as their servants in a way. It is an issue that women were not being treated equally and treated so terribly.