Gender Roles In A Dollhouse

Men and Women were biologically constructed differently to perform contrasting goals that benefited and provided the grow of the human population. But as modern times advanced ,and the ability of the mind became more valuable than the work of the body, causing the hunter and gatherer mentality to collapse,and the work of both genders meshed instead of being separated. Both genders are able to perform each other's task created a more economically efficient society. Maintaining the traditional gender roles during modern is more detrimental to both genders instead of keeping them. When maintaining gender roles women would have their ability undermined, maybe limited professionally, ignored emotionally, place more focus on physical appearance instead
Before modern times many people would believe that a woman's place is in the home. It is more accepted that the modern women is supporting her family outside of the home. The play “A Dollhouse” painted image of a woman who is unable to intellectually or independently think for herself because she was not given any formal education beside maintaining a household and keeping face. Nora and many other women had to sacrifice their integrity for their family and avoid judgment. Because women do not have formal education they rely heavily on their husband and family they would be penniless and only source of a better life is through marriage. The lack of education lead the women to not have intellectual standing against though how do, their intelligence would be mocked or undermined, a stigma that women are stupid .. Her husband would patronize Nora as if she did not understand or wish to understand discussion. He would give her deprecating nicknames and would shelter her away from matters that he deemed too daunting for her and become upset when she would reject him or think for herself. The downplay of woman smarts is when showcased in the short story “Yellow Wallpaper”she is unable to create intelligent thought and ideas that would be beneficial to the creative and working world. Also her mental illness makes individuals believe that she is not in a proper state of mind and wouldn't be able to take care of
There is heavy emphasis of being aggressive and the breadwinner for the family. When a man is unable to meet the standard they are ridiculed by society,family and peers. In “Death of a Salesman” the main character was obsessed to provide for his family and make more money to do better than individuals around him.The rubber hose that was present throughout the play made clear to the audience that Willy was more willing to kill himself instead of living in shame because he is unable to provide for his family as well as he used to. Male suicide and work related death is higher in men than in women.For many years, the suicide rate has been about 4 times higher among men than among women while the occupational related deaths are 6 time higher among men than among women .There is a real life example where Japanese men would literally work to death. There is a common term called “Karoshi , which can be translated literally as "death from overwork" in Japanese, is occupational sudden death. The major medical causes of karōshi deaths are heart attack and stroke due to stress and a starvation