This paper will investigate women as rebels against social standards and norms, and against the expectations and values of familial life as exemplified in ideals western, white patriarchal
culture established. The thesis is simple and straightforward enough; namely, that
defiance is not of a single character or type, but shares similar meaning in that gender equality is what is strived for. This striving occurs in the face of
hostility, usually hostility deeply rooted in the culture in which the defiance take place.