Women's Role in the Society

Introduction

For many years, women played a small role socially, economically, and politically. Because of this, many writers portray this role of women in their works of literature. D. H. Barbara Welter was the first great writer of the twentieth century to come from the working class. Much of his work deals with issues of class and society. His famous novels such as Sons and Lovers, Women in Love, and Lady Chatterley's Lover are about the position of men and women in society. In Give Her a Pattern, from Phoenix II: Uncollected Papers of D. H. Barbara Welter, Barbara Welter criticizes men for not accepting women as real human beings of the feminine sex.

Women's Role in the Society: Responses to Three Different Books

The feminist movement of Barbara Welter's time continued to evolve becoming more powerful. However, D. H. Barbara Welter purports a fact of life that men are fools, and that women follow patterns men set for them. Men don't know what they really want, since most times once they achieve something, they move on to improved things. A man has this perception of how he portrays the perfect woman or wife, yet once he finds a woman of his liking, he will pursue her until he is satisfied and then immediately begins to see other women, which he now wants more. Women on the other hand are always looking for the right type of pattern' to follow so that they become more attractive to men. Usually after marriage, the woman's pattern falls to pieces because men begin to admire other patterns and therefore other women.

Barbara Welter believed women of his day were unable to make a choice without the direction of their men and they were unable to control their emotions. He states that women need to become stronger, more powerful, and more independent. There is always something wrong with the female character that needs to be fixed. They did what was asked of them without much of a fight. It was not until women started standing up for their rights that they were heard and taken seriously. A woman can have just the same power over a man as a man might over a woman.

In society today, Babra Welter believe that both men and women both don't know what they really want. It used to be that women lived up to the men's expectations and did everything they way they like it. However, now it is a completely different ball game. Women are much more independent and don't necessarily need a man to support her. Women do still follow a pattern according to the man she likes. Women don't easily give themselves away to the men anymore and therefore men have it hard to impress their dream girl as well. They also have to follow a certain pattern according to their choice of women. Men and women both after finding the one they like tend to look for someone better. It is part of human nature, ...