Lämmchen's mentality belongs to traditional values while her physical actions belong to new feminine values. Her actions as a new woman were becoming pregnant before getting married (Fallada 7), having a source of personal income and savings (Fallada 21-22), not being able to do women's jobs (Fallada 64), and later becoming the main family supporter. However, her mental values allowed her to be the traditional woman, such as taking care of her husband's well-being, cooking for him (Fallada 64), and taking care of his shrimp after birth. For some people right now, they see Lämmchen as a new woman and will become judges. There were men in this period who judged new women; Hans Ostwald criticizes women like Lämmchen for his morality of becoming pregnant before getting married (Ostwald
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