Question 1: In this movie, all the women were expected to grow up as housewives and basically support everything that their husbands did. Nobody really expected women to become successful business people or even get a career. They got to stay home and clean, have dinner on the table by the time their husbands got home, do the laundry, take care of the kids, and etc. Katherine Watson disagreed with all of this entirely. She knew that women were capable of actually moving forward with their lives and getting jobs. She pushed her students into believing that they can be more than what they are expected to do.
Question 5: When Betty was in college she got married. Now, I think that would be considered very young. When she got married, I don't think she knew what she wanted other than to get married. Once this happened, she really didn't know what to do because her husband was always gone and she was miserable. It was nothing that she expected it would be. When she went to her mom, her mom basically rejected her. It was probably because she thought that Betty was no longer her responsibility because she was married now.
I agree, women were never expected to pursue their own interests, instead, they simply had to help their husband with his interests. You also did a great job drawing from the movie to prove the point you were making.
ReplyDeleteYes I agree, woman at this time were basically trained to be a slave to their husbands. Its disturbing to look back and see the expectations from that time period.
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