Unit 4: Is it a Man's World? (Tle G6_gr2)
Unit 4: Is it a Man’s World?
To
what extent did gender roles start evolving in the 50s and 60s?
Axe:
Private and Public Spheres
The document
under study is an extract from a TV show entitled “I love Lucy”, released in
the 1950s. We can see three people in this scene: a mother, a child and a
father. The mother is asking the men of the family what they would like to have
for dinner. The husband tells her to do what she wants to do, he trusts in her
good judgement. However, she feels lonely,
desperate and exhausted because she does not the help she wishes to have. She
seems to be stuck in some an ending tasks. She even counts the amount of meals
she had cooked for the family in 18 years of marriage. Nevertheless,
her husband does not take her seriously and mocks her. She complains about all
the tasks a woman should do in a house with no help. She even lists all the tasks
she has been doing for a long time and seems exhausted by doing them.
Homework: Learn the lesson.
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