Kennedy, although he encourages women to band together and help the world, also implies that women should be stay-at-home moms. Their roles are still behind those of men, their job is mainly to do housework, have children and serve their husbands. In the 1960s they were treated unequally. According to CNN, single women couldn't get a credit card for themselves; they couldn't go to top schools like Yale, Princeton, Harvard and others; they earned only 59 cents for every dollar men earned; not all women could use the birth control pill as a contraceptive; they are seen as sexual objects. The role of women in the 60s was simply subservient. Updike creates Sammy in this time period, which explains why Sammy, like other typical men, is highly regarded as a