Anchor Man

Ron Burgundy:
I'm a man who discovered the wheel and built the Eiffel Tower out of metal and brawn. That's what kind of man I am. You're just a woman with a small brain. With a brain a third the size of us. It's science.


This quote from Anchorman summarizes the view of many men in the 1970’s. In the 1970’s women’s liberation was huge. Women were trying to gain equality in the world and through that wanted the same job opportunities as men. In Anchorman, Veronica Corningstone wants to be one of the lead anchors on one of San Diego’s top news stations. The only problem with this is that it was a male dominated business at the time so many people did not want her to be the lead anchor. One of these people was Ron Burgundy. His quote above summarizes his view of why Veronica should not be one of the anchors. This was the view of many people and it seems that Torvald had the same view on Nora in the story A Doll’s House. Like in anchor man women in A Doll’s House were not seen as equals to men. Torvald would call Nora pet names just to show his superiority over her. In the story, the men had all the power in the relationship because it was they who worked and made the money to support the household while women were expected to stay at home and take car of the kids. Torvald only saw Nora as just a woman with a small brain.