Gender Inequality Of A Streetcar Named Desire By Tennessee...

Gender Inequality In The 50’s The 1950’s, a time where the United States faced many conflicts and contradictions that created simmering discontent, conflict and unhappiness escalated amongst Americans. Though the roaring 50’s seemed as if the traditional ideals of the United States such as equality , democracy, and prosperity, has finally been fulfilled, but beneath all of the happiness and innocence is simmering discontent. Considering that there is an innumerable amounts of simmering discontent, gender inequality designates higher than most other conflicts that was present during the 50’s. The novel, A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams and One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Milos Forman expresses the simmering discontent in the 1950’s. In the 1950’s, the inequality of gender conflicted women in the United States. A woman’s goal in life was to get married, have children, and to primarily take care of the house. An article by Christina Catalano called Sh aping the American Woman: Feminism and Advertising in the 1950’s states that women were known for being, â€Å"...Stupid, submissive, purely domestic creatures.†(Catalano 45). Men on the other hand are viewed as the more superior gender. The life of a man consist of getting married and working. Although this may seem very little, men are free to do whatever they desire and are more free spirited during the 50’s whereas women are more cautious in what they do. A woman’s main goal is to attract a husband because if they