roman’s blog

 “The angel in the house is dead and no longer lives in the imaginations of either women or men.”

What the assertion above means is that the angel of the house who is, “a nineteenth century…self sacrificing heroine…” is gone and we as a culture of the modern world no longer feel her influencing our actions. That is to say both men and especially women no longer feel the need to, “lie to succeed” and as Virginia Wolf put it, “never let anybody guess that you have a mind of your own.” I think this is mostly true today considering how far we’ve come from the days when women weren’t even aloud to receive an education, let alone write about their opinions. For the most part women today have the same status in society as men. Both men and women are allowed to form their own opinions on matters without having to regard the other sex. In general, I don’t think women are viewed as any less capable then men especially considering that many women today hold powerful positions in government. For example Hilary Clinton, who in some ways is beating her rival Borock Obama. Hilary gives speeches on issues concerning the nation and not just other women. Although she and her opponents may not always be honest, they don’t lie because of the angel of the house, they lie for other reasons. She has to prepare speeches in which she has to satisfy the ears of citizens that are looking for a person that has a strong position on key issues and isn’t overly mutual so to not upset anyone. The same can go for Borock Obama who isn’t affected by the fact that his rival is a female. He treats her just like he would treat a male opponent and doesn’t adjust his arguments so he doesn’t hurt Hilary’s feelings. Even if some people think any less of Hilary and her running for president; they only support the fact that the “angel” is truly dead because that’s evidence of their own mind making its own opinions, with disregarding to the person’s gender.