From the beginning, women were always struggling to gain status, respect, and rights in their society. Prior to World War II, a woman’s role in society was seen as someone who cooked, cleaned, and gave birth. But the years during and following the war marked a turning point in the battle for equality. Women, for once, were being seen as individuals with capabilities outside the kitchen, and for the first time given a chance to prove themselves.
When I watched Cooking Term, I realized how women in 1950s were dedicated for their husbands but in same time women were willing to cook for their husbands. Women were domestically charged everything, serve their husbands and “career as a cook”. The narrator brought this term “career as a cook” and it was very stand out for me because I’ve got better understanding on women back in the days did not have rights or respect in society but just to stay at home and cook. Also, what I got from this clip was that there were much responsibilities for Margie to accomplish and how her husband will be happy if he get chocolate cake for lunch. I felt like it was all about her husband and not for Margie. So obviously, it explains that woman is not important as man in domestic or in society.
The one clip that I found was that short trailer of The Nanny Diaries. This movie was about working mother was hiring nanny to take care child and household. Therefore, with this clip, it explains that drastically changed women’s role today. Almost all women today are working and being a mother but rather than they are more mother -like, they are more acknowledged as career women. It is hard to do both so women have the position to hire nanny and most nannies are women and they are getting paid. In the clip, after the mother hired the nanny, the mother was ordering the nanny how it should be done when she gets back and I think it shows that, now a days, how much women gain a power to rule other people and have certain position in society too. There are still stereotypes about women all around but I think it got progressed how much women have a certain position in society and get respected.
May 10, 2008 at 4:42 pm
This post is well thought-out, explained, and organized. By placing the film clips directly above the analysis the audience would easily be able to follow, understand, and even comment on this post. The two major themes in the assignment are that immediately following World War two, women were strictly domestic individuals, and contemporarily they are career-oriented, visibly responsible, and depended on. The points on the cooking being mainly for the man and how prevalent working women are in society are strong points and evidence. However, women, nor men for that matter, do not rule anyone they merely just carry out hir or her duties in some type of structural workplace, whether it be management or subordinates.