Gender in AIC
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- Created on: 02-01-19 18:38
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- Gender
- How Mr Birling refers to women
- When Mr Birling is telling Eric and Gerald about women's attitudes towards the clothes they wear.
- "...not only something to make 'em look prettier - but - well, a sort of sign or token of their self-respect."
- Mr Birling shows that he has a patronising view of women, making the suggestion that clothes are a sign of self-respect for them. He has a stereotypical view of women here and does not see them as individuals but suggests that all women think in the same way.
- When Mr Birling is telling Eric and Gerald about women's attitudes towards the clothes they wear.
- How Mrs Birling treats Eva Smith
- When Mrs Birling suggests that Eva is incapable of having feelings.
- "She was claiming elaborate fine feelings and scruples that were simply absurd in a girl in her position."
- Priestley shows that even women like Mrs Birling can be just as cruel and old fashioned as the men are. She does not try to empathise with a member of her own gender. This also highlights her negative attitude towards the working class
- When Mrs Birling suggests that Eva is incapable of having feelings.
- How Gerald refers to women
- Gerald makes sexist and superficial comments about the women in the bar he visits.
- "I hate those hard-eyed dough-faced women."
- Gerald shows that he can be very superficial in his view of women. If they don’t meet his standard of how they 'should' look, he dislikes them.
- Gerald makes sexist and superficial comments about the women in the bar he visits.
- How Mr Birling refers to women
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