Gender Stereotyping

Throughout the story we come across many gender stereotyping between the characters. However, one particular scene in the story caught my eye about how they were addressing gender stereotypes. I had seen this conflict in act one, scene one of the story. The two servants of the house of Capulet who were Sampson and Gregory were strolling through the streets of Verona when the discussion of Sampson’s hatred towards the house of Montague arose. The two then realized that two Montague servants were approaching. Gregory then comes up with an idea and informs Sampson about it. They find a way to provoke them into a fight without trying to break the law. Sampson bites his thumb at the Montague’s maids and at the time, this gesture was considered an insult towards the females. In my opinion, the men in this story have a habit of always mistreating the women. The men often think that they are the man of the house which leads to them thinking that they are stronger than the women. To them, they over power the women around them. However, in the society that we live in today, this particular stereotype is still circulating around many men and women. The men still often think that they are the stronger ones out of us women. And also some women do depend on their spouses to take charge when they’re not able to. But nowadays, in my opinion men and women are both equal throughout the challenges that they face.