The Unravelling of My Thoughts

What are gender roles? Gender roles are a preconceived set of ideas whereby men and women are arbitrarily assigned certain roles determined by their gender. It causes unequal and unfair treatment in most cases because of a person’s gender. Although massive progress has been made towards gender equality, women are still held back because of their gender. Gender relations remain unbalanced to a great extent. Women are still held back in many areas— limiting their education no matter how promising they may be, hindering their freedom and barring their civil rights. Gender stereotypes dictate that women need to learn certain things starting from learning how to cook, to cleaning the house and keeping the house clean.             So how do we unleash the full potential of women? In order to ensure gender equality, we need to ponder seriously as to why women are discriminated in the first place. The issue which really needs add...

About the playwright Alice Erya Gerstenberg (2 August 1885 – 28 July 1972) was an American playwright, actress, and activist best known for her experimental and feminist drama. Her plays demonstrate her feminist tendencies – critiquing the social roles and decision which constrained women of the time. About the play: Ever Young Ever Young is a one-act play set in the backdrop of the 1920s. This was the time when significant changes were taking place in the country. This was due to the changing attitudes towards the place of women in society. The number of working women had increased by as much as 25 percent and women had been granted the right to vote. The play revolves around a conversation between four women who are free and allowed to know the changes happening in the society. Characters: Mrs. William Blanchard: Mrs. Blanchard is an elderly woman of about 70. She is thin, a trifle bent with age and needs a walking stick. However, her smile is illuminatingly young...