Feminism In Charlotte Perkins Gilman's Utopian

In today’s society, many controversies like feminism has been a major topic of discussion. This feminism is essentially the public support of women's rights on the grounds of political, social, and economic equality to men. Men believe that women should not have the same rights as them. These men do not know what it is like if roles were reversed. If men were women and women were men, the men would fight against women to obtain the exact same rights as what women were asking for. This is very similar to Charlotte Perkins Gilman Utopian novel, Herland. In her novel, women are free to demonstrate their personal and cultural identities. The novel begins with three main male characters which are Terry Nicholson, Jeff Margrave, and Vandyck Jennings. Terry is a misogynist explorer, while Jeff is a doctor, and Vandyck is a sociologist. These three men discover the women’s Utopia, and are introduced to an ancient culture of women who have lived successfully for centuries without men. Since women essentially rule the world in this fictional novel, Gilman uses many different quotes of feminism, which compares and contrasts first-wave feminism to the historical book of Through Women’s Eyes written by Lynn Dumenil and Ellen DuBois. …show more content…
Men were able to vote on February 3, 1870. This means that women weren’t able to vote for forty years after men gained the right to vote. Personally, this idea is a bit ridiculous. Women should be able to speak freely or give their personal opinions. Politics is a great attribute to help women gain their own voice. Unfortunately, once women gained this vote, they still had to side with their husbands. At least, the right to vote was granted, so women had a least a bit of freedom to express their feeling. In the Utopian world women have the right to vote and do whatever they want. Since the