Gender Roles

GENDER ROLES IN TODAYS SOCIETY ARE MUCH DIFFERENT THAN THEY USED TO BE IN YEARS PASSED. BEFORE AS A WOMAN, YOU WERE EXPECTED TO ACT AS A PERFECT HOUSE WIFE. COOKING AND CLEANING AND RAISING AS MANY CHILDREN AS YOU CAN HANDLE. WOMEN DID NOT WEAR PANTS OR WORK FOR THE MONEY OF THE HOUSE. SOME WOMEN IN MORE RECENT YEARS SINCE THEN HAD A PART TIME JOB, MAYBE WORKING ONLY SATURDAYS. BUT ALL MONEY EARNED WENT TO THEIR HUSBANDS TO HOLD. WOMEN WERE NOT ALWAYS TRUSTED WITH MONEY, IT WAS NOT THEIR PLACE TO BE IN POSESSION OF IT.

TODAY, MANY WOMEN WORK FULL TIME JOBS AND CARE FOR THEIR CHILDREN ALL IN ONE DAY. THEY WEAR PANTS AND HOLD THEIR OWN MONEY. AND MORE RECENTLY IN TIME WOMEN STARTED GOING TO WORK AND MEN STARTED STAYING HOME TO CARE FOR THE CHILDREN, MAKING THE WOMEN THE SOURCE OF THE INCOME IN THE HOUSEHOLD. WOMEN ARE RESPECTED MORE NOW IN SOCIETY, HAVING THE RIGHT TO VOTE AND MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS. WOMEN HAVE COME A LONG WAY SINCE THE 1700S AND 1800S AND IT TOOK US A LONG TIME TO ACHIVE SUCH GOALS. THEIR ARE STILL FEW THINGS THAT ARE FROWNED UPON FOR WOMEN TO DO, LIKE HOLDING A PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE OR LEADING A COUNTRY IN GENERAL. BUT WITHIN OUR LIFE TIMES I THINK THOSE THINGS WILL CHANGE AND WOMEN WILL HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO ANYTHING MEN CAN DO, MAYBE BETTER.