Changes Of Women 's Gender Roles

Women’s roles have changed greatly throughout history. As the advancement of culture, laws, and ideas altered ways of life, women’s lives also evolved in numerous aspects of society. Women’s roles changed greatly between 1815 and 1860. During this time, family dynamics changed as the mothers that were placed at the center of the household were given greater freedoms. In addition, women had more opportunity to take on jobs in the workplace. Women also fought for reform movements that altered their ways of life in the community. During the reform era of the United States, factors such as religion, education, and reforms greatly changed women’s roles in the family, workplace, and society.

Gender roles have been changing throughout the centuries with both men and women. The most and drastic change has occurred in our 21st century to women. Women are now viewed as equals in the work and home, they are able to achieve just as much as men and no longer have limits suppressing them. There have been limits put on women since the beginning of time, women were to attend to the house and children but never other responsibilities beyond that. This change in gender roles has shaped our society in numerous ways making new jobs for women and breaking through social norms. Throughout history the role of women has dramatically changed, first with women being primary caregivers and up keepers of the house to women being able to have their own careers and lastly to being equal to men and no longer being inferior to them.

When thinking of gender roles in society, stereotypes generally come to mind. Throughout history these stereotypes have only proven to be true. Major historical events have had a huge impact on the way men and women are seen and treated. In this way, women have always been secondary to males and seen as the fragile counterparts whose job is to take care of the household and most importantly, be loyal to her husband no matter the circumstance. Gender roles throughout history have greatly influenced society. The slow progress of woman’s rights throughout humanities led to an explosion of woman’s rights throughout the 20th century and that trend will only continue on into the rest of the 21st century.

Women were expected to fit in society, possessing the same traits and feelings as all others during the nineteenth century . Women were expected to stay at home and tend to every need their husband and children might have. “A True Woman was known as the “Angel of the house” whose primary purpose as to impact moral guidance to her family.” (Cruea 188). They were not needed in the work field, earning wages--that was the husband’s role. “Women were forced for a variety of reasons, to be dependent upon their husbands for financial support.” (Cruea 187). In the nineteenth century, women, men, and children all had expected roles based

Even though gender roles have changed over time, females and males in the 1950’s as compared to today’s society has changes especially in social expectation. While researching about gender role I learn that females and male have become more equal than in the 1950’s. However in the 1950’s the men was the breadwinner of the house but in today’s society is much different now the women can now be the breadwinner of the house hold. Now the men have a choice to work or not to work they can stay at home and watch the children while the women is

For centuries, there have been many societies with stereotypical gender roles that usually involve the men holding the positions of power and the women doing the domestic chores. Historically, men are usually considered to be the stronger of the two sexes and in most societies, it is up to the men to take care of the family. During the twentieth century, women in America began breaking boundaries when they earned the right to vote. More recently, there has been a breakthrough with gender roles as women are beginning to take charge in the workplace. Now, gender roles are not as defined and clear.

The first half of the 19th century characterized evolvement of women’s roles within the society areas touching on occupational, moral as well as social reform. Various efforts resulting from factory movements, reforms on social issues as together with women rights movements led to realization of women aims and realization of foundations (Kessler-Harris 67). The changes of roles of women within the American society serves as a major representation of change in contemporary culture as the traditional perceptions perceived women as only limited to household roles. The change presents a significant value to women across different societies throughout the world as it served as a reference point for the changes

In the nineteenth century, society believed that women were physically weak, timid, and dependent on their husbands. Many people viewed women as domestic workers caring for their husband and children. Men had to go out and do physical labor all day to provide for their family. During the 1840 to the late 1860s, an era of westward expansion took place in the United States. Many families wanted to go west because there were unclaimed land in Oregon. Many families packed their belongings on a covered wagon and followed the dangerous routes and trails to the west. Despite the dangerous journey, many families wanted to claim vast land and farm in the fertile lands to get rich. Different women had very different life experiences during the period of Westward Expansion. In the book “Covered Wagon Women Diaries and Letters From The Western Trails, 1840-1849”, many women wrote diaries reflecting their experiences that they had to face and give up on the journey to Oregon. There were many obstacles facing their way such as terrains, Indian attacks, illness, and weather. Women had a hard life during the westward expansion however, women’s role during the westward expansion was very important in developing the new territory.

World war II brought with it strict rationing. Food rationing began in January 1940, clothing rationing in June 1941, and soap rationing in February of the next year. ‘Come in and have a both rather than a drink, is the new social gesture’- Vogue at the height of the blitz. Hair washing became a luxury. The magazine recommended once “every ten days for greasy heads, every three weeks for dry ones”, and when Marlene Dietrich travelled to entertain US troops, she brought with her three months worth of dry shampoo. Cosmetics weren't rationed, but might as well have been. Britain saw a 75% decrease on pre war cosmetic output. Metal was needed for armaments, petroleum and alcohol amongst other essential base cosmetic ingredients were needed for wartime products such as foot powder, camo makeup, and anti-gas ointment (see images 3, 4). Gala manufactured lipstick refills: “rescue those old lipstick cases”, “saves money, saves metal, helps win the war, and helps you

The role of women and men changed throughout the American history. Many people have different beliefs about the roles that women and men should have. In the 1800’s men would go out and work while women stayed home and take care of the house. In this current time it could be the opposite. Some women still stay at home while men go to work, some men stay at home while women go to work, or sometimes both the man and the woman in the household work.

We should be aware that there are many differing roles of the male and female in different societies. The United States is for the most part has established itself as a state of gender equality; whereas, in many places overseas the genders have different roles. As an example, in Africa the role of the male is still thought to be primarily the bread-winner and the female role still primarily centered on child bearing and rearing. This used to be the way of thinking in the United States until the World War II era, when the majority of the males went off to war, and many females entered the working industry.

Gender role is a set of socio-culturally embedded behaviors and attitudes that are identified for men and women (Wood & Eagly, 2010). Gender stereotype roles are changing in the US with shifts in the society’s structure and understanding of gender/sexuality (Gardiner & Kosmitzki, 2010; Tucker, 2005). With such changes in gender role, different issues have surfaced. Among many issues and challenges due to changes in gender role, this paper focuses on implicit forms of discrimination that appear to be more reverent today and a consequence of having less concrete gender expectation. Furthermore, this paper briefly discusses ideas to which may help overcome issues that are results from changes in gender role. Yet, first, gender stereotype role

First, women have gained equality within the workforce. Women no longer have to be the traditional “stay at home” mothers. More than 75 percent of mothers were stay at home moms in the early 1900s. Today, there is only 23 percent of stay at home mothers. Back then it was the normality to be a stay at home mom while the dad went out and worked to keep up with household costs. The womens traditional household duties were to clean, cook, and take care of the children. If women did not practice those duties they were deeply frowned upon. Women are now able to work non-traditional feminine jobs. The ideal job for a female in the early 1900s was to be a nurses/caregivers, dressmakers, or teachers. Females were not able to be in the military. The only exception was if they served in the military as a nurse. Today, females can serve in any position desired in the military. Woman now can have any “masculine” job they want. They can become a

Gender roles have drastically changed over time, however we still practice some of the same customs, even though times have changed. In the U.S. we used to live in a patriarchal society, patriarchy is defined as “a nearly universal system involving the subordination of femininity to masculinity” (Conley, 2015, p. 288). Men were expected to go out and get a job, while the women stayed at home and tended to the children and household. However, society has changed to a point where women have jobs, men stay home with children, and many people are single parents who do it all on their own.

A women's role has changed tremendously and is making its greatest impact in our society today. Many years ago, women's contribution to society was limited and controlled by men. Women are standing tall and are playing a major role in many important areas. Women's role has changed at an accelerating rate and have part in areas such as Politics, Professional Training Jobs, Medicine,Business and Law. Formerly they were not part of any political matter, but they have advanced in many aspects. For example, women have attained power and have been growing in political office.