The '60s, Part II

Part II of The '60s focuses a little bit on gender roles. Women don't have a voice. For example, when Sarah tries to speak in the reunion in front of all the men, she is denied from doing so by Kenny. Another example is Mary, the father of Katie, Michael and Brian. She often tries to have a say in matters of the family but his husband Bill does not let her. She finally takes a decision to change this when her son Michael tells her to sign a petition. She agrees to do so, even when Bill tells her not to do it. She tells him that she respects his decisions but that he had to respect hers, too. Katie leaves home because she cannot stand the oppressive environment which his father has created in the house. When she got pregnant, his father was about to explode. He thought it was outrageous for a girl like her to get pregnant. I think the '60s were a bit of a hard time for women. I can't imagine how it must have been for them there. They couldn't have opinions or say in important matters. I am very happy that nowadays most women are treated they way that they are supposed to.