For example, Nora sacrifices herself when she borrows money to save her husband; he also loses his children when he decides to discover his identity. Kristine sacrifices her true love and marries a man she isn't in love with to support her family. The nurse must give up her children in order to work and survive financially (Rommeterit 210). She considers herself lucky to have a low-paying job as she had a child out of wedlock. In Ibsen's time women who had children out of wedlock were stigmatized while responsible men walked the walk