I respectfully disagree. I found Gert to be disrespectful of not only men, but other women, her sister, adult, people with other religions and the like. I eventually began to fast forward through her conversations, or just play a game while she spoke. Her continuous negativity towards everyone around her displayed a very insecure, horribly hypocritical, and judgemental person who has no tolerance for really anyone else. I am older and believe in more traditional roles for myself, but have a very successful sister whose husband was a stay at home dad. I am incredibly proud of her and would never begrudge another woman of her choices. But if we as women and humans in general can't lift each other up, encourage each other, and support each other, then we become part of an entirely different problem. Gert was the weakest personality person of the group, and like you said, they were all flawed as would be expected in any group of people in life.
I've been around people like Gert in real life, and honestly I just cannot stomach their double standards and hypocrisy. There is just nothing admirable about a person who expects everyone to conform to their standards, agree with their every word, attempt to humiliate everyone around them, verbally and emotionally abuse people as acceptable behavior, and avoid looking at their own faults. Gertrude Yorkes was a sad and pathetic bully who made feminist and women in general look bad.
I respectfully disagree. I found Gert to be disrespectful of not only men, but other women, her sister, adult, people with other religions and the like. I eventually began to fast forward through her conversations, or just play a game while she spoke. Her continuous negativity towards everyone around her displayed a very insecure, horribly hypocritical, and judgemental person who has no tolerance for really anyone else. I am older and believe in more traditional roles for myself, but have a very successful sister whose husband was a stay at home dad. I am incredibly proud of her and would never begrudge another woman of her choices. But if we as women and humans in general can't lift each other up, encourage each other, and support each other, then we become part of an entirely different problem. Gert was the weakest personality person of the group, and like you said, they were all flawed as would be expected in any group of people in life.
I've been around people like Gert in real life, and honestly I just cannot stomach their double standards and hypocrisy. There is just nothing admirable about a person who expects everyone to conform to their standards, agree with their every word, attempt to humiliate everyone around them, verbally and emotionally abuse people as acceptable behavior, and avoid looking at their own faults. Gertrude Yorkes was a sad and pathetic bully who made feminist and women in general look bad.