Gender

• gerald - " young and fresh and charming "
• gerald - " young and fresh and charming "

  • only for his own personal gain
  • predatory
  • " fresh " - connotations of virginity / desired by men at the time
• gerald - " i hate those hard eyed dough faced women "
• gerald - " i hate those hard eyed dough faced women "

  • only wants the women for his own personal gain - only cares for their looks
  • seen as merely objects
  • misogyny
  • must meet his standards
  • man about town - sleeps around when he wants
  • normalised in society
• mr birling - " she has a lot to say - far to much - she had to go "
• mr birling - " she has a lot to say - far to much - she had to go "

  • spoke out against him
  • threatened his fragile masculinity
  • women should be seen and not heard
  • she was too opinionated
  • men must remain the superior sex
  • thinks it's his duty