A Change of Opinion Regarding Gender Roles in Western Europe

This essay will discuss the various family structures in society. It will give theoretical explanation as to why and how families have changed. The essay will also bring statistical, historical and political evidence to back up the reason for these changes.

During 1960s and 1970s historical demography shows family in East and West of America often changed due to the fact of economic, political, demographic and social condition. When computer was introduce in 1960s, family can see the broad outlines of family function through analyze census data. 3 families assert points: family didn’t establish the appropriate arrangement for reproduction, nurturance, socialization, and economic support. Changes in family create tension. No family system turns into complex and elements in different eras. The different suggest the children were in a complicated environment. Scholars base their question on 2 main reasons: People who believe family is at risk because of changes in marriage system. And those who concern about their children’s welfare if there’s tension in family. Lack of family resources contributes to children’s well-being. In some data, one well-functioning parent with resources is better than two married parents with lack of resources or skills in parenthood. Parents and children need stability support regard which they

Suzanne Bianchi, John Robinson and Melissa Milkie’s Changing Rhythms of American Family Life were able to document that “mothers are spending as much time with the children as forty years ago, fathers were doing more at home and there is more gender equality” (Bianchi et al 2006, 169). In their data it showed the trend of workloads for both fathers and mothers to have increased “from 55 to 64 estimated weekly hours between 1965 and 2000 households with married parents” (Bianchi et al 2006, 171). This could attributed to that there was a big change that occurred that allowed more women and mothers to enter the workforce. Corresponding to the female participants in my sample that want to continue to work and further their career. Furthermore,

n the upcoming page’s I will answer the following questions. Why is family the most important agent of socialization? What caused the dramatic changes to the American family? What are the changes? I will discuss the differences in marriage and family, I will discuss how they are linked to class, race, gender, and personal choices. The purpose of this study is to explore the many different family functions and the paths that people are now choosing. I will give my opinion on whether these changes have had a positive or negative affect. I will finally discuss the trend of the modern family, back to pre-World War II family structure, how would that effect the strides that have been made in the progression of women rights.

This transformation has diversified careers, family life, and gender roles (Work and Family in the 21st Century). Women find it challenging to manage arduous jobs and a busy family life. The conflict between work and family has become a social problem. The combination of roles have created problems as these roles are assumed to be different based on gender. Work and family conflicts has become a social problem. “Certain views treat work and family as in competition for a persons time, energy, and attention (Work and Family in the 21st Century).” The article also discussed how employers are actively engaged in putting forth the effort to beware of employee's work and family concerns. It also talked about how employer's are also looking into their policies to aide in addressing these issues. These two articles relate well to the main article because it reverts back to the idea about how when it comes to work for women the viewpoint gets shifted back to family responsibilities and how a woman has to balance between her responsibilities to her job and her family, and this continues to have a bearing on workplace

Throughout history, women have made up a sort of “minority” in the world’s many societies. They have been looked upon as property to husbands and fathers. Their place was deemed the male’s home. Women were to provide services to men, ranging from carrying an heir (hopefully a male) to providing a clean home and cooked meals. Women in high-income nations still continue to face challenges because of their gender, and those in low-income nations often remain thought of as property. From a symbolic interactionist perspective, gender is an issue that is based on many underlying historical concepts, and it continues to contribute to world-wide poverty.

What I have realized this year is that some people are choosing work over their own family. I believe that this can bring family issues and consequences especially on kids because they will feel neglected from their parents. Shellenbarger wrote in her article that she was working when her son came from skiing and asked her if she saw him. She later wrote, “Dissapointed that I wasn’t watching out the window, he leaves.” (Shellenbarger par.5)

Family, as Macionis states (2015), is a social institution found in all societies that unites people in cooperative groups to care for one another, including any children. The family is therefore a micro-level society where individuals can experience socialization, emotional support, and financial security. The behavioral direction and philosophies a family will apply in their livelihood is influenced by the macro-level society (nation, village, culture). For example families that developed in westernized civilizations may be more attuned to follow the principles of monogamy, placing their children in an institution, social placements of traditional gender roles and other social inspirations; nevertheless, families formed in particular eastern

When we look back in history, we often think about our advances in technology, religion, education, and how we view the world. For years, humans have creating societies that have introduced us to political structures and the way we govern our citizens. In the very beginning, the hunters and gatherers spread across the globe and spent their lives constantly on the move. They then advanced into small settlements with agriculture and writing as the basis for a much larger civilization of tomorrow. Today, we live in a world where we can be overshadowed by concrete and steel skyscrapers, live in a neighborhood with friends and family close by, or out in the country with vast views of grass and cattle.

1. In the world there are many different family structures and dynamics that exist. The book uses a circle to help readers understand the dynamic structure between parent and child, parent and marital relationship, and child and marital relationship. Different cultures have different family dynamics, along with changes in their environment. For example, during the great depression many people moved from small farms to cities in hopes of better pay jobs; technology has also changed the family dynamic because many parents are relying on television to help raise their kids than ever before. Adult lifestyles have also changed drastically over the decades, leaving many adults single than ever before. The book gives this rise in single adults to the fact that more and more adults are waiting to get married.

One of the biggest challenges in modern day families is the increase in job related pressures. Unlike in the past, it is not common for both the mother and father figures

In my previous paper I was very interested in how gender comes into play when it comes to how people balance paid work and family time. This was really interesting to me because as a daughter I was really interested to see if any of the themes that I saw reminded of when I was young. Even more than that, however, I was interested to see what might happen to me as I get older, get married, and start having children. While I am young now, I am very eager to settle down and have a family so I was very curious at the different themes that I would see when I interviewed a married women, who was Named “Lucy”.

This section focuses on the traditional sex roles in the family setting, in which the role of father as a breadwinner and women as a homemaker. However, women has facing new challenges as they are participating in the labor force while it is expected that mothers still retains their household responsibilities and child-rearing. It is evidenced from the interview that both respondents’ are employed mothers and they are working as full time with an approximately seven hours per day. Meanwhile, male (their husband) still retains their traditional role as working in the labor market. Women, in additionally, gain a higher access to upper status job, just like Jennifer. Therefore, women are no longer just stay at home

Institutionalized ideas of a successful lifestyle have been perpetuated in society throughout time. Each generation faces newly refined perimeters of righteous behaviors that have been affected by progressive ideas, technological advancements, and traditional beliefs. These components and more, play a role in creating a public image of a family structure. Essentially, families are key representatives of society. The posterchild family structure of society depicts values held by a generation, and promoted throughout the means of mass marketing during that time. Every citizen is considered to be held accountable to the societal standards of correct human behavior and ideology. These standards have an impact on freedom, marriage, work, education and children. My family structure is grass rooted in Punjab, India. The dominant religion, political structure, public institution, and societal ideology have differences and similarities with those of America’s.

In essence, many households are now dual working household because there has to be more than one working parent to sustain the cost of living. However, as more women in the upcoming years begin to take on more defining and influential roles, more men will devote more of their time to the household and children. Nonetheless, society has a thing that women are normally deemed as the primary caregivers and the nurturers of the home and offered disproportionately less opportunities than men (Mello, 2015). Society looks at women as being more focused on the caregiving aspects of their lives and less concerned with their careers and organizations. Therefore, they are not taken seriously. However, as times change, men will not only be considered as the dominant worker in the household and organizations will soon realize that they have to incorporate more need for flexibility and