Gender Double Standards For The Past Millenniums And Morrison

Women have been historically treated as second class citizens in both domestic and professional life. Society has circled around men for the past millenniums and Morrison depicts these gender double standards in Song of Solomon. She establishes the norms that women were subjected to and the social pressures that forced them to act, behave, and even live in a certain manner. Throughout the novel, Morrison continually describes Milkman s perspective toward the women that are involved in his life and it reiterates how society during this time neglected gender equality. We are able to see and be submerged into how his mother behaves under his father’s command, and how both of his sisters are forced to grow up and live under the shadow of another man. Morrison accentuates the patriarchy that was prevalent in society during the 1900s by depicting the discrepancies between how men and women were both treated and raised. In the 1900s, women were expected to be tolerant, submissive, a nd obedient. Milkman describes it as learning to be â€Å"mindless.† In the beginning of the book Milkman faces an internal conflict as he profusely desires his father’s power but does not want to inherit his contempt. He initially has a great deal of respect toward women because of his love for his mother, and during his innocence he does not seem to be able to understand why women are treated as second class citizens. He is distraught by his mother’s lack of autonomy and characterizes her as â€Å"tooShow MoreRelatedHow Pastoral Care Policy Has Contributed to the Management of Junior Secondary Schools In Botswana23474 Words   |  94 Pagessignatories to a number of child directed international agreements that call for changes in educational structures (Nthitu, Kathard Sayed, 2009). 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