http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/ernest-hemingway Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Tue, 14 Apr 2026 10:38:03 -0400 Tue, 14 Apr 2026 10:38:03 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1732/challenging-the-gender-dichotomy-in-the-victorian-era-reading-hemingways-up-in-michigan-and-mansfields-frau-brechenmacher-together By Kimberly Taylor - Sexual violence and coercion became hot topics in 2017, with endless headlines. However, these problems and issues are not new, nor are they confined to a single segment of society. Rather, they have longstanding roots within patriarchal society viewing the sexes as opposite ends of an oppositional dichotomy. This dichotomy is highlighted in two short stories, one by Hemingway and one by Katherine Mansfield. These stories contextualize sexual violence and coercion within Victorian era patriarchal societies revealing the perceived and taught active male/passive female dichotomy such societies were... Thu, 22 Mar 2018 03:50 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1732/challenging-the-gender-dichotomy-in-the-victorian-era-reading-hemingways-up-in-michigan-and-mansfields-frau-brechenmacher-together