Masculinity in Men Should Weep by Ena Lamont Stewart and Perfect Days b

Masculinity in Men Should hollo by Ena Lamont Stewart and Perfect long time by Liz LocheadBoth plays portray men under a negative light. In Men Should Weepmen be the dominant sex and are seen socially of far greaterimportance. Whereas in Perfect days men are easily gentlemanipulated andtend to be controlled by the contents of their trousers.Men Should Weep is a play which psychoanalyzes how the family unitcrumbles under the pressure of poverty. butt the father of thefamily is the main male figure throughout the play. His wife Maggiedoes everything for him and their family. However although there is perpetually a lot to be done John manages not to do anything to help as hewould never want to damage his alter ego. not only doesnt he helparound the house but he is also unemployed. This says a lot aboutJohns eccentric person and implies that he is a selfish self-centredcharacter.Id an idea a was heid o this hooseAlthough John gives the family no support in anyway he is still quite content in thinking that he is head of the household. Due to the waysociety was at this time it implied that women had to do as theirhusbands told them. in one case women married they were their husbandsproperty. Men in that day and age overruled women they were morepowerful and a lot of women feared them for various reasons. Domesticabuse was a main reason for this fear. Although a lot of women weredomestically abused it wasnt whateverthing they talked about. Mrs Boneone of the neighbours which are used as a vehicle to examine how menhave a hold over women in the play is a victim of domestic abuse.I just canna understand a women who lets her man bash her aboot..Standing up to men was unheard of you just wouldnt... ...Brendan doesnt know about. Grant is seento give Barbs a lot of happiness but their kin ends withGrant asking.Why are you so ashamed of me?This portrays Grant as a very nave character as Barbs was only usinghim for a bit of fun the relationship as never serious, yet he lookedupon it to be.In conclusion the portrayal of men and masculinity in two Scotchplays that I have studied are that they completely dominate thesociety. They are selfish self-absorbed characters.In Men Should Weep this is portrayed through John a veryself-absorbed character. I think the generators purpose was to show howbad the conditions were that people use to live in and some peoplestill do.In Perfect Days the men are portrayed to be very stupid and weakcharacters. I feel that the writers purpose was to show that womencan cope without men.