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Essay / Essays on Being a Woman: The Challenge of Being a Woman
Lämmchen's mentality is based on traditional values while her physical actions are those of new feminine values. Her actions as a new woman were becoming pregnant before marrying (Fallada 7), having a source of income and personal savings (Fallada 21-22), being unable to perform feminine tasks ( Fallada 64) and later become the main breadwinner of the family. However, her mentality values allowed her to be the traditional wife, such as taking care of her husband's well-being, cooking for him (Fallada 64), and taking care of his shrimp after he was born. For some people at the moment, Lämmchen is considered a new woman and will be judged. At that time there were men who judged new women; Hans Ostwald criticizes women like Lämmchen on their morality because they became pregnant before getting married (Ostwald