The Shadow of the Wind-Week 7, Post A

Women are perceived in a more domestic fashion in the time and setting of The Shadow of the Wind. They are expected to stay at home and care for the children and house. This perception does not surprise me considering the time period this story takes place. During the 1940s in Europe, women did not have all the freedoms they have today. Domesticity was expected of them. There also seems to be a great lack of respect for women by the men in this story. The language and the context they continually use while discussing women is disrespectful and knows no boundries. The men are not ashamed of what they are saying and appear quite shallow to a female like me. There has been a plethora of men who shamelessely cheat on their spouses and also men who are only satisfied with the most beautiful of women. The men seem to have standards for women that they expect all women to uphold, which is a riduculous request.