Patriarchy Between Men And Women

Women, in the past decades, have undergone a revolution. They have earned the right to vote and the right to be a man’s equal under the law. They have confronted the obsolete values of male superiority. They have even manage to destabilize the firm belief that only men could be in power. Despite these accomplishments, women have also made a point that we are not equal, simply, men aren’t superior to any women. In many cultures, patriarchy is embedded in customs. Head of state, head of the family, leading positions would usually fall on a man, and woman would have the privilege to support them as implied second-class citizen. As Walter Lee said to Beneatha: “Who the hell told you-you had to be a doctor? If you so crazy ‘bout messing ‘round with sick people then go be a nurse like other women – or just get married and be

However, it seems as if being liberation has twisted the views of some women. What they have demanded through all their diverse protests always have been thorough equality, blatantly stating that they deserve the same rights as men yet they do not want the same responsibility as men. In a divorce, for example, it is the male parental figure’s duties to provide child support, or on a first date, it is the accepted notion that the male should arrange the financial concerns, not exactly the most equal views. “Somebody tell me – tell me, who decides which women is suppose to wear pearls in this world. I tell you I am a man – and I think my wife should wear some pearls in this world!”--Walter Lee, this ideology that man should provide have stubbornly clung to our society even though, women have gradually inched closer towards an equal socio-political status with men. It is just amazing that woman wants to be taken care of as woman “should be”, yet be considered equal as