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Puritans Ideals And How They Affect Modern Gender Roles

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Puritans Ideals and how they Affect Modern Gender Roles The desire for equality is one everpresent in American society. We see this intention presented throughout our history, branching all the way back to our country’s founders. The intent for equality is clear, however, we continue to come short of this goal after years and years as a country. The battles toward ultimate equality are never ceasing despite our obvious objective, as we have created gender specific stereotypes that prevent us from achieving this aim. The ideals shared by Americans for equality are not able to surpass the constant struggles of our society. After 241 years as a country, we have only just had the first female presidential candidate win the popular vote in an election. One may argue that this is evidence of progression in American politics as women are being better represented, however, this is a slow improvement and one held back by the gender stereotypes which Americans hold.
America is by no means the most progressive country. We only just elected the first openly transgender state representative, which is a huge milestone for America that should not have taken us this long to achieve. We have yet to elect a female president after 45 presidencies. Less than 20% of congressmen, senators and state representatives are women. These statistics aside, the small stereotypes that are so vastly present in American society separate the sexes. The fact that my brother has been called a

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