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Bernice Bobs Her Hair

In my response to Fitzgerald's, Bernice Bobs Her Hair I noticed mostly the social differences which were included in the movie as well as the reading. In both readings, Bernice Bobs Her Hair and A Jury of Her Peers, the men have the upper hand over the women. The men had more important jobs such as investing crime scenes in, A Jury of Her Peers. While reading these stories, it seemed to me that the women were looked at as the classical "home-maker; kitchen type mothers and individuals." In both of these stories, the women played important roles which impacted their actions in the end. Bernice, forced into becoming conformed to her cousin, Marjories appearance and personality standards, reacts with rage toward the end of the story. This is an interesting fact because women today, still are not always treated equally to the way men are. How many women carpenters or automotive workers do you see today working in those fields? Those are jobs men are looked at doing moreover women. Women are still looked at to manage the house and take care of the children. Of course there are men today who take care of their children and still manage to hold a full time job, however, most of society today is still focused on ways of the past. In the short story, A Jury of Her Peers is another example where women were thought of as "meant to belong in the kitchen." The two women who kept in the house while the men were investigating clues outside, where actually progressing more clues and answers to the murder than the men. Which goes to show, women have the ablilty to participate in the same tasks as the men.