Why is there less expected of boys in order to be considered a “real man”? Why do you think If includes more basic morality when Girl includes physical appearance, behaviors, and expected duties as a woman?
Read Girl by Jamaica Kincade and analyze how women are portrayed in poems. What assumptions are made about women in this poem? What expectations make a girl “ladylike”? Compare the work to If by Rudyard Kipling. Why is there less expected of boys in order to be considered a “real man”? Why do you think […]