Blog Post 3

KK Blog Post 3 -- Compare Night Women to New York Day Women. What new opportunities do women have in the US vs. Haiti? What experiences are similar in both stories/places? What does this suggest about gender roles? 500 words.

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While at first glance Night Women seems vastly different than New York Day Women, it is creditable to note that there are actually a vast number of similarities. For example, in Night Women there is a divider int eh shack that keeps the mother separate and away from the sons eyes, the mother in New York Day Women (NYDW) has a metaphorical sheet up against the daughter, the line where Suzie says that she left her mother with newspaper for rollers in her hair and bathrobe on but then sees her dressed and walking through the city is  the daughter pulling the curtain down on her mother and revealing something that she didn't know. Both children also have education, the little boy is sent to school and Suzie has a job in which she needs to have some education and talks about parent-teacher conferences. NYDW is different in the fact that there are more opportunities for women who have to work aside from their husbands. First, the mother is a nanny and the daughter is in an advertisement. It is important that not all jobs for women are extremely strenuous or a very high education level required. There are different levels for the women based on the education and what they want, this gives women choice, something they don't have in Haiti. The women also are given freedom, something you don't see in Night WOmen, they have options to choose and have the ability to refuse someone or something. They are much more human-like in NYDW.

While the husband is still relevant in NYDW it is important to note he doesn't seem like much of a father figure and of much importance to Suzie. Also, the fact that Suzie didn't know about what her mother was doing for so long almost give hope to the woman in night women because she is trying to keep her own secrets away from her son and if this mother could do it then so could she. It is also important to take into consideration that the mother in NYDW is only ever called mother, and this could be a respect metaphor but it shows that there is a connection and that she is seen as a mother first before anything else, just like the night woman.