Cult Of Domesticity By Deborah Tanmen Summary

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At the end of her essay, Deborah Tanmen states that “some days you just want to get dressed and go about your business. But if you’re a woman, you can’t, because there is no unmarked woman”. I disagree with Deborah I just don’t think that woman aren’t the only ones marked by society men are also marked by society. The people are shaping a world in where men and woman are sharing common activities, views, possessions, and much more. Didn’t we lived on a society of male dominance? Thousands years ago male dominance was a big factor females didn’t receive any rights. Women were shut up from the real world. As one can describe they were seen as a toy in which men had little value towards them. Society view was that women were supposed to stay at home and take care of their family, while men went out on work to the industries. This brought up the idea of cult of domesticity, a set of beliefs about gender roles in 19th century. This century the ideal woman was one who was submissive, pure, and religious. Cult of domesticity had an effect, it divided society into two separate spheres: the private sphere which includes the women as the one in charge to take care of the family and cultivate a home …show more content…

It is for society to do its job, and so it did. Society has now created equality between men and women. On august 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment was ratified it granted American women the right to vote. By this point women had the power to express their views throughout elections. This wasn’t the only success they also require the power to own property and all girls now were going to school. All girls going to school was the most important triumph because it liberated from the idea that they are supposed to stay at home. Furthermore, girls and boys now get to engage with one another in school they now share same activities in which both genders are seen as equal. So now we can see that we are now living in a world of equality of

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