lace ourselves, take little steps, glaze finger and toe nails, wear clothes that emphasize.
our helplessness" (Rich 420) The existence of a male and female script in society can not.
be denied, society expects people to act in a certain manner according to their gender. .
Men shouldn't be portrayed as stronger or perhaps better than woman. Women.
should not be portrayed as weak individual who need a man to depend on. Gilmore's.
essay talks about the manly duties every men is obligated to accomplish, but in the.
meantime the wives only duty is to stay at home, cook, clean and raised the children. .
According to Gilmore's essay the worst thing a man can do is depend on a women.
because it diminishes their manhood. "To be dependent upon another man is bad.
enough, but to acknowledge dependence upon another woman is worse. The reason, of.
course, is that this inverts the normal order of family ties, which in turn destroys the.
normal basis for manhood." (Gilmore 286). Women play an important role when it.
comes to allowing a man to live their script. It's women who let man support them and.
their children. "In the struggle for survival we tell lies. To bosses, to prison guards, the.
police, men who have power over us, who legally own us and our children, lovers who.
need us as proof of their manhood."(Rich 421) Women are not fully dependent but do.
enough to provide the idea that their husbands/mates are successfully playing their roles.
as dominant males in society.
Individuals who don't play by society's rule tend to be rejected by others. In.
Gilmore's essay we learn about Lorenzo and Alfredo two men who were criticized by.
other men because they didn't" follow the male script. Lorenzo was a young guy who.
lived off his mother, had no job and avoided women due to his shyness. "Lorenzo stayed.
indoors with his widowed mother, studying, reading books.he contributed nothing to his.
family's impoverished larder.Lorenzo made no visible efforts to enter the masculine.
