Men’s role was to pursue a career and provide for his family. Radway creates the imagery of the machine, and explains how the machine mindlessly accomplishes household tasks, like preparing dinner or washing clothes. Although, Gender wasn’t mentioned in the magazine article, the machine metaphorically represents the conventional role a woman was supposed to have in this day. Throughout history, change has always been unsettling for society, but in this article, the development of gender roles was incredibly petrifying. Radway characterizes that men had a genuine fear of feminism, and the horror of diminishing masculinity. Therefore, men were afraid they would be labeled or portrayed as feminine. The reader can depict how change intensified the level of anxiety and panic of the unknown. She exemplifies the idea of a “dystopian vision” and introduces the concept of standardization. The work explains the standardized man who works in” hive of a million standardized cubicles”(Radway 876), and sleeps in a standardized bed, and eats the same standardized food. Even though, the standardized man isn’t a real man, it illustrates the culture and norms that were present at this time. The severe reliance of the standardized man on the metaphorical machine mirrors the culture of how men relied so heavily on women for simple
Men’s role was to pursue a career and provide for his family. Radway creates the imagery of the machine, and explains how the machine mindlessly accomplishes household tasks, like preparing dinner or washing clothes. Although, Gender wasn’t mentioned in the magazine article, the machine metaphorically represents the conventional role a woman was supposed to have in this day. Throughout history, change has always been unsettling for society, but in this article, the development of gender roles was incredibly petrifying. Radway characterizes that men had a genuine fear of feminism, and the horror of diminishing masculinity. Therefore, men were afraid they would be labeled or portrayed as feminine. The reader can depict how change intensified the level of anxiety and panic of the unknown. She exemplifies the idea of a “dystopian vision” and introduces the concept of standardization. The work explains the standardized man who works in” hive of a million standardized cubicles”(Radway 876), and sleeps in a standardized bed, and eats the same standardized food. Even though, the standardized man isn’t a real man, it illustrates the culture and norms that were present at this time. The severe reliance of the standardized man on the metaphorical machine mirrors the culture of how men relied so heavily on women for simple