# Gender Roles and Domesticity in Peter and Wendy

> Theme guide for Peter and Wendy by J. M. Barrie.

Wendy is expected to play the mother and homemaker in Neverland, while the boys engage in adventures, reinforcing traditional Victorian gender roles and the idea that domesticity is a female duty.

## Where it surfaces

- [X: The Happy Home](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/peter_and_wendy_se/chapters/x-the-happy-home): Wendy manages the home and children, while Peter plays the distant father; the chapter reinforces traditional gender roles through their domestic play.

## Links

- HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/peter_and_wendy_se/themes/gender_roles_and_domesticity
- Themes index: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/peter_and_wendy_se/themes