Irish Fiction

Table of Contents: 1. Introduction………………………………………………………………….1 2. The Artificiality of ‘Sex’ and ‘Gender’……………………………………...2 3. Gender inequality in The Country Girls……………………………………..4 3.1 The Unlucky Resemblance Between Mother and Daughter…..........4 3.2 Tackling Sexual Taboos…………………………………………….7 3.3 The Dominant Male Figures in Caithleen’s ...