This means taking care of someone, providing for them, doing everything that they want, which is what society has been telling her that she should do because she is a female. ... Male gender roles have warped Torvald's view on what he should and shouldn't be doing. ... They are making him think that children are repulsive, but he may actually like them. ...
Another negative viewpoint about women is the idea that all women are either beautiful, passive and male dependant or evil, intelligent and repulsive. Lieberman says; "Women who are powerful and good are never human; those women who are human, and have power or seek it, are nearly always portrayed as repulsive." ... The heroine in fairytales is seen as a mentor to show what is right and wrong. ...
Now from a feminist point of view you would think that a girl would find this repulsive. ... (Line 455) This was not what she wanted and it proved to her that her mother was not to be trusted. ... She recalls what was taught to her when she was a child. ... She would be the one needing to be rescued and her concern was with how she looked, what was she wearing, how did her hair look. ... Laird is permitted to do what he pleases. ...
