Examples Of Gender Discrimination In To Kill A Mockingbird

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Gender Discrimination
Most people nowadays have experienced some sort of gender discrimination, whether it be in the workplace or in their personal lives. In Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, she demonstrates characteristics of gender prejudice behavior that creates the inability for people to be who they really want to be, which unfortunately is still seen as a problem in today's society.

In the beginning of the novel, Ms. Lee obviously shares that gender prejudice is a key role of explaining the plot. First, main characters Dill and Jem were planning on messing with Mr. Boo Radley's house and climbing up to look in his window to get a peep of what he looks like. Scout is not so keen on this idea, but Jem expresses to her that “[she needs to] shut [her] trap or go home” and “declare[s] to the Lord [she’s] gettin’ more like a girl everyday. [And] with that, [she] had no option but to join them” (Lee 69). This shows that in that time period, being a girl was not something to be proud of; women then were known to stay back and avoid trouble, but Scout wanted to prove that she could be “one of the guys”. Equally, Harper Lee brings gender roles for young girls to light, providing voices on both sides of the argument. In the second part of the book, Jem and Dill are off doing “boy things” and Scout no longer feels welcome to play with them. When Scout takes up Cal’s offer of spending time with her, “[Calpurnia] seemed glad to see [Scout] when [she] appeared in the kitchen, and by watching [she] began to think there was some skill involved in being a girl” (Lee 154). Until now, she’s has the impression that being
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Gender discrimination is common in amoung aspects of society, including the workplace and people's personal