Not Your Average “Manly-Manâ€:An Un-Stereotypical Approach To The Male Gender In The Yearling.
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Not Your Average “Manly-Manâ€:An Un-Stereotypical Approach To The Male Gender In The Yearling.
Marjorie Rawlings' Penny Baxter is not what today's society considers to be the stereotype of post Civil War masculinity, instead he seems to represent a feministic and maternal role instead..
When 100 college students were asked to describe a post Civil War white male living in Florida, their responses were very similar. The majority of students described a strong, educated, land and slave owner with “gentleman like†qualities. The image of a solider was also often brought up, even though they were asked to describe a post civil war male. In reality, the majority of men living in Florida during this era were farmers, the majority of which poor.
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