Scene 1 Act1

Thami doesn't believe in gender equality. Thami claims that women can't do men's jobs because they're physically weaker and belong in the home.

Athol Fugard carefully chose to make gender equality as well as racial equality a theme his play. He does this in two big ways: by making the character of Isabel a girl, and by making the debate at the beginning of the play about women's rights to education in South Africa. Linking the ideas of gender and racial equality could help non-blacks and people outside of South Africa to begin to understand the struggle of black people during apartheid.