Cry of the Beloved Country.

Paton develops him male gender roles more then he does the women's gender roles. It seems at though Paton takes a better liking to male gender roles. Male are treated much better then females; females then are treated as if they are not equal to men. In South African society women are defiantly not equal to men, they are second class citizen, if they are black ( for the lack of better terms.) they a like scum on the floor. The females cook and clean. "Suffering black women."(40) The word black is used instead of African.
" with so many streets they say a man can spend his day going up one and down another." (42) The author could have used the word people or some other word that could refer to both genders being equal. In those two quotes is shows that women are different from men, and not treated as equals.