'Sexism and Reversed Gender Roles in Literature'

'Till the demolition of the 19th century, in some countries roughly till the in-between of 20th century, a woman was require to stay at home and to be busy only(prenominal) with ho utilisation whole kit and caboodle and to c atomic number 18 with family members, season a mans mathematical function was at work. work force had power and authority, and wo workforce, opposed to men, were expected to be humble, subservient and conformist. In bingle Flew oer the Cuckoos dwell, plenty Kesey reverses the stereotypical sex roles. Contrary to the world(a) idea, the saucy has powerful, seditious and dangerous distaff characters such(prenominal) as guard Ratched, Mrs. Bibbit, and Vera Harding. It seems that men be how innocent, how they are cotrolled by women and besides heroic and ripe(p) with the characters of the novel such as Mr. McMurphy, billy goat Bibbit and Mr. Harding. The aim of this article is focusing on these characters and analyzing them in legal injury of g ender roles, feminist movement and anti-feminism and sexism.\nIn One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest almost tout ensemble the female characters who crap power to reign are demonized and guard evil beings because they are emasculating the men. The supervisor Nurse Ratched is the head of this emasculating proficiency and the main enemy. Her behaviours toward patients think on humiliating, minimizing them and raillery with them. Her way of arbitrary described by the patient Mr. McMurphy as ... is to weaken you by gettin you where it hurts the worse (Kesey 54) because she chooses the in the raw subjects, which are truly available to babble out in a personal therapy, to discourse in a group therapy. For example, Mrs. Retched makes Mr. Harding to chatter astir(predicate) his wifes use of her attractiveness to guard other mens room attention. Considering adultery is an inapt issue for twain genders, Mrs. Retcheds aim is real obvious. Furthermore, she chooses to talk about the girl, who is Billys beloved and rejects his propose, in those therapies either. It is inferred from both novel and the movie that Mrs. Retched weakens her pa... '