Bernecia accidently posted her blog in comments!

I can't believe I accidently posted my blog entry in comments! I think Monica may have been fixing my blog entries (big thanks)! The idea of the Hyphenated Life does not just come from the idea of culturaldifferences, but it also ties in to gender roles in society. As Mariomentioned earlier, his female cousins only brought someone that they weredating to a family function unless they were totally in a serious relationship. The modern woman refers to the idea of a career woman, or awoman who strives for higher learning, but is it truly possible to become amodern woman? Culturally and religiously, women tend to have the role ofbeing the loving mother, the multi-tasker, and the faithful and loyal wife. The modern woman is expected to be ambitious, non-apologetic for beingsuccessful, non-submissive, and competitive. This is quite a contrast fromthe usual Victorian role type. So, in our society today, a woman mustbalance out her family life where at home she is a mother and/or a wife, andat work she is tough and competitive. When I read Ethel Wilson's "InnocentTraveler," I was struck by how Mrs. Porter is viewed by the Victorian-typesociety . She is viewed as a "blue stocking," which basically means that anacademic woman is undesirable as a wife because she is viewed as masculine. Because of the values of different cultures, along with the opportunitiesoffered in Canada, women are held to a double standard-on one hand they mustbe a family woman and on the other a career woman, and thus to some extentlead a hyphenated life.