essay on mona lisa smile

The film which is about a young and an idealist teacher who want to change something.The film which involves the reflections of feminism and functionalism.İn this essay i analyze these reflections.Firstly,according to the functionalism,everyone in society has a role and everyone play their role contribute to the smooth functioning of society.Children learn and internalize the norms and expectations which are accepted in a society.İn this wise,they adopt sex roles.So,gender roles are competible with sex.Because there are innate differences.İn the movie,the girls who study at the college take courses not only physics and art history but also speech and marriage.Because they will graduate in a few years and they will find a good husband and then they will be housewife.They will have responsibilities such as providing comfort a man and care of children.Because gender roles are innate.Gender roles are learned and internalized with the help of agencies such as family,educational institutions.There are these agencies in this movie.Furthermore,functional approach suggest that gender differences contribute to social stability and integration.Namely,the women should concentrate on domestic and family responsibilities while men work outside the home.There are expressive roles for women and instrumental roles for men.The females should provide care and security of children and offer them emotional support.Men,on the other hand,are the breadwinner in the family.For example,in this movie,the girls are given courses about the importance of expressive roles.But there is a unequal divison of labour within the family.Functionalism believes that this state is necessary for the maintanence of social stability.There are examples of giving importance of this necessity in the movie.Divorce is seen a bad state by people in that society and the mother don't accept her daughter who want to back home.Functionalists emphasize the importance of moral consensus which exist when most people in