The Perpetuation of and the Challenge to the Stereotypes of Irish Women.docVIP

The Perpetuation of and the Challenge to the Stereotypes of Irish Women 　　I IntroductionEavan Boland in her Outside History states that：The nation （Ireland） is an old women and need to be liberated. But she is passive， and if she stops being passive and old， she becomes young and ornamental. So if you take a woman in a town which no doubt is strongly influenced by its Catholic past， where women were counseled patience and silent virtues， a woman who suddenly says， Now Im going to express myself， that the society is not going to give her the same permission as to a twenty-three-year-old male