Gender Roles In The House On Mango Street
The struggle to control oneself can be very challenging for some; it can become a battle within yourself. Over time one learns how to have control for themselves, but still some struggle with not being able to control the world around them. One will first have to start by controlling their needs and wants. Can the battle of controlling different desires be worse from what others want or from what an individual wants? Women have fought for their rights to control their decisions as early as 1789-when the Declaration of Man and Citizen was published. The 17 principles of liberty, property, security, and citizenship was a document that came out of the French Revolution, made by French men from national assembly for men. Women are allowed to know the principles but aren’t allowed to be given the rights. Furthermore, women have also been fighting to gain control for their rights for their life in the face of such horrible practices such as child marriage. Forced marriage can happen at any age; it is marriage without consent from one or both individuals getting married. Equally important, the novel, The House on Mango Street, shows how women struggle to manage their own body as it becomes a liability to their independence as they transition into womanhood. Esperanza, a young girl
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The focus of the Revolution was to address inequalities among male citizens and the majority of society had not yet progressed enough to consider the rights of women. This document was made for men so they could have equal rights from the day they’re born. Women had no other choice other than to follow someone else’s rules without having any control to make decisions without a man’s consent. To illustrate this, a piece written about the principles shows how women tried to fight for their rights but weren’t as successful as they had
The focus of the Revolution was to address inequalities among male citizens and the majority of society had not yet progressed enough to consider the rights of women. This document was made for men so they could have equal rights from the day they’re born. Women had no other choice other than to follow someone else’s rules without having any control to make decisions without a man’s consent. To illustrate this, a piece written about the principles shows how women tried to fight for their rights but weren’t as successful as they had