Gender

Gender plays an important role in everything.I feel as if there is a double standard when discussing the gender role. In the Victorian Era a woman was supposed to be the angel of the house. If she participated in sex before marriage then she is considered tainted. She would not be considered eligible for marriage. Marriage was also often arranged. Some women and men did not have a choice. There was very little work for a woman.  A woman main purpose is to have children. If she could not have kids then she was considered useless.If a woman did not have the support of her husband then she would also become lost. She may even consider prostitution. She is also supposed to grieve over her husband for long periods of time. It is a certain amount of time she would have to wait before deciding to get remarried. Their fashion choice was sophisticated. They had long thick dresses and coats. Our society would think that is odd compared to our skin-tight provocative clothing.

Men did not have it easy either. Low or middle class men were forced to take dangerous jobs. The little boys could not enjoy their childhood because they had risky factory jobs. They would also have long hours of work. The prison hulks was also relevant around that time period. The men and boys had to worry about conviction. Their life was about working till their dead. They could not get ahead and in a better environment. The system was design to keep the poor being poor and the rich stay rich. They only wanted their cheap labor. They did not know what we know now. We are very luck to have the opportunity to pick our own jobs. We have creative control in the workforce.

In the book called Dracula the brides were seductive. The men were brave. The men had to defend their honor to regain their manhood. The women were divided between innocent and the guilty. The innocent woman is alive while the guilty lustful women died gruesomely. The Victorians thought that was normal. Any act of sin should be punished according to them. In our eyes that was one-sided. The men were strong and powerful while the women were pretty and defenseless.