ks up the notion that ideas about stereotypes are imbedded at very young age. Jem replies to Scout's remark by saying, "Grandma says all men should learn to cook, that men oughta be careful with their wives and wait on em' when they don't feel good" (82). Their own grandmother is stressing the fact the only time a man should be in the kitchen is when a woman is sick. The standards of a southern woman were very clear in the 1930's in Maycomb County. As you can clearly see, Scout was a different for her times and never realized it until others criticized her. She was only a young child who did what she thought was right. The discriminations against blacks made by women were very ironic for the times. While Aunt Alexandra discriminated against Negroes, she herself was being suppressed on the basis of her gender. The times have definitely changed, though, and women are now able to set their own standards and rules for themselves. As the times move forward more and more boundaries are being crossed and torn down dealing with gender and racism in the world. ...
