Double standards: those little unspoken rules that say its okay for one to act a certain way but completely wrong for another. These standards are imposed on us in so many different ways that, sometimes, we don’t even notice them. Just like in the twenties, women today have to constantly try to ...

My Reader-Response to The Awakening In Kate Chopin’s, The Awakening, Chopin told the story of a woman who struggled between leading the life of a conservative, traditional wife and mother or leading the life of an independent, fee-willed woman. The woman’s name was Edna and she felt stuck in ...