Charlotte Perkins Gilman Flashcards
Gilman believed young girls are forced to…….
Young girls are forced to conform to their predestined role as mothers.
Gilman believed they should do what to prevent harmful social conditioning of girls?
To prevent harmful social conditioning of girls, Gilman believed there should be no difference in the clothes children wear or the toys they play with.
Gilman argued for an equal contribution to…….
She argued for an equal contribution to the domestic division of labour because the domestic environment is an instrument of patriarchy.
Gilman noted that women were ….. upon their husbands.
Gilman noted that women were financially reliant upon their husbands. This uneven power structure meant that wives had to trade sexual favours for the protection offered by their menfolk.
Gilman argued that women could only properly escape the confines of the patriarchy when the ………….. of a relationship were altered.
Only when the economic dynamics of a relationship were altered could women properly escape the confines of patriarchy. This would enable a release from their domestic duties towards a more economically rewarding life outside of the home. As such, the key towards female emancipation was one of economic independence.
