M-Point+Of+View

4. What is your point of view?
In your groups, discuss the questions below, and post the answers on Wiki.

a) What is your point of view? Our point of view related to our main topic Gender Roles in former times and today is that there are noticeable changes comparing today with former times. As it was usual that only women did the work inside the house and the men earned the money for his family, in our days women are a lot more integrated and do the same work as men do, but still exists this traditional way of thinking, as only a few men help to clean the house cook or take care of the kids. This traditional behavior causes the dual burden for the women, because they have their job and additionally to that the work at home. b) Who do you agree or disagree with? We agree with the fact, based on different studies and polls, that the traditional way of thinking still exists in our heads. A lot of people still think that only the women are responsible to take care of the kids and the house, whereas the man leaves the house to go to work being the breadwinner. But the change which really had taken place is the fact, that women gained equality in relation to the law. c) How can you complement what has already been written? In our essay we are going to make references to the short story of Susan Gaspell, which gives a concrete example of how women were treated in earlier times. This story also includes a lot of stereotypes related to men and women, which also will be part of our analysis. d) Do you have any new ideas? Our new idea is to include the topic "law and moral references", which means, that the short story also includes parts of how the woman, who is seen as the suspect for killing her husband, is treated by the police officers and the law. Another aspect is the moral doubts of the two neighbor women who feel sorry for her situation and don´t really want her to be sentenced to fine.