In the context of the text, men are associated with the role of strength and protection, while women are associated with the role of family, delicacy, and kindness.
<h3>Features that Mrs. Baroda associated with women</h3>
Beauty.
Fragility.
delicacy.
Hospitality.
Heads up.
Caution.
Dedication.
In other words, women were related to more emotional roles, which conveyed comfort and affection. This kind of thinking establishes gender roles that are very rigid and difficult to break.
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From the context of the text (a respectable woman), the role of men is to protect their families from people they are not sure about and to pay attention to what happens in the home.
<h3>What characteristics does Mrs. Baroda associate with being a woman?</h3>
Mrs. Broda from the first paragraph is associated with homeliness and hospitality. This is seen in the first paragraph where a mention is made about how she is unhappy that there were to entertain another visitor.
This obviously was going to be more work for her given that they had entertained a great deal during the winter period.
Nigerian storytelling has historically been an oral tradition. Historically the stories were passed down and told by word of mouth, spoken rather than written.
