The Issue Of Women 's Equality

After analyzing the hit TV show “Leave it To Beaver,” I noticed how different the gender roles, both male and female, are portrayed much differently than our modern-day gender roles. For example, in the YouTube clip: “Beavers Big Contest,” it seemed that the mother was staying home, cleaning the house, folding the laundry, etc. while the father was working all day. As mentioned in chapter 3, the husband was most definitely responsible for the families’ economic survival. We still have these kinds of situations today, but there are also many more families where the roles are reversed and the family is depending on the woman for their economic survival. Aside from that, the family relationships that were observed also seemed slightly different than the relationship I have with my family. For example, everybody in the family was present. Moreover, there wasn’t any separation or divorce. Today, divorce in families is much more common and often expected. Also, Beaver would always refer to his father as sir. I know that my family does not use the terms ‘sir’ or ‘ma’am’ while addressing each other. I also haven’t seen

Equality means the state of being equal, especially in status, rights, and opportunities. Sadly not everyone achieved equality. Women didn’t get the right to vote until 1920. In 1965 African Americans got the right to vote. Both groups had a lot of struggle to gain their rights.

Women had no rights in the 1800 hundreds. The hierarchy in the United States of America back then was rich white men, poor white men, white women, black men and black women. During those time women were uneducated and as a result had to take care of the house chores such as cleaning, cooking, going grocery shopping and lots more. Today women has the opportunity to become whomever they aspire to be, they are liberated and educated. As a result they are able to fill positions such as doctors, lawyers, engineers, and so much more.

From flagrant magazines on the rack to photoshopped public figures to shapely models on the runway, there is no product better advertised than sex, and no sex better advertised than the feminine variety. Despite all of the legal progress for women’s equality, socially men and women will always be unequal and this injustice must be repaired. No amount of protest and no amount of activism can fix the rampant misogyny in America today, for one simple reason: it just isn’t reason enough to. Our disgraceful society needs immediate and full resolution, but fortunately, such radical change has a simple solution: unlearning.

Beginning in the 1970s, a cultural debate has raged over the function of the traditional family in American life, a debate that has subjected the roles of fathers, mothers, and even children to intense scrutiny. Freedom of choice, self-fulfillment, the emergence of blended families, feminism, the sexual revolution, and social rebellion against traditional family forms—all of these have facilitated a widespread cultural experimentation with different family structures. Feminist activists have argued that the traditional family is outdated and even damaging to adults and children. Some have even argued that women and children do not need men; in fact, families are better off without them. Advocates for radical marital change welcomed the

I personally feel that America has made great strides when it comes to equality for women. However, we still have a lot of work to do. I feel like women do great in leadership roles because deep down we all have that mother instinct. If we love the company we are with then we want to take care of the workers as best as possible. I like how you mentioned why do women judge other women? I feel like society makes us compete with one another when it comes to beauty, money, jobs, clothes, etc. If we stopped judging each other and started lifting each other up we would be a force to reckon with.

One major argument in society today is how the roles of men and women have transitioned from the traditional status in a household. In modern times a husband would be the provider, protector and make all decisions for the family; oppose to the wife being the cook, clean, and caretaker for the children. A male originally is the head of the family with the power to control and be a dominant individual towards his family. He is to go to work so that he could provide for his family while the wife does her job which is at home. Over the last 25 years or so women have slowly transition into being more dominant or being equal to her husband with making decisions for the family. Male dominance in society has become a

The idyllic American family has changed drastically over the years. What once was a traditional father-mother-child household has turned to a single-parent-child dynamic. As far back as time goes we can see the nuclear family, where the father is the provider and protector of the family and the mother cares for the home and children. Throughout past decades the nuclear family has waned considerably as we watch government step in to protect and provide by means of local police or National Guard and programs like WIC or welfare, and women are enabled to find their independence. Statistically, the nuclear family is almost non-existent, in an article by Blanchard-Fields, Hertzog, Stein, and Pak it states, “The traditional family model—the husband as breadwinner and the wife as homemaker—makes up only 7% of the families in U.S. society.”

The existence of such roles are shown to be damaging to all genders, causing people to feel set on specific interests and life paths based only on gender. Tara Culp-Ressler concludes, “This constant effort to manage one’s everyday life in line with gender norms produces significant anxiety, insecurity, stress and low self-esteem for both boys and girls.” Previously, women were associated with cooking, cleaning, and other typically feminine activities, while men were associated with sports and other typically masculine activities. Men must be the providers of a family, while women are expected to be caregivers.

The video I watched on the history of gender focused on the changes that have occurred in recent years. One of the major changes that has happened more recently has been the shift regarding the perspective of men being the head of the household. As more men leave their families and become absent in their roles as fathers, women have taken on more roles as the head of the household. Once a traditional masculine role has transformed itself into a role most women find themselves in. While in some ways women taking on these roles may seem empowering, the absence of male figures in families demonstrate a concerning change. Another interesting highlight from the video was the number of children women have nowadays in comparison to in the past. In more developed countries, such as Canada,

This was back in the day when a family was made up of a mother, a father, and their children. That is no longer the way it is anymore. Now days we have most moms working fulltime jobs and sometimes more that one job. Many of those moms might be single parents. In some families there are stay at home dads, too. The idea that a family is made up of a man and a woman plus their children is not even the way it is anymore. There are dads raising a family all on their own, and then there are families that are made up of same sex couples and their children. So the way we fill the roles in the family have changed a lot. Where the responsibility goes to is not so much depending on gender roles of the past. Who is to say that a man cannot do everything that was once thought to be woman’s work as far as roles in the family

Men use to be the dominate figure in a household, which in today's society really isn't the case. Women have taken over the hosuehold and rasing the kids which is necessary in this

A quick glance at my family would reveal mostly traditional gender roles. My mother, for at least the first part of my childhood, was a stay at home mom who ascribed to more traditional gender roles. My mother and grandmother cooked almost every meal and were largely responsible for the care of my siblings and me. My father was the breadwinner who worked fifty to sixty hours a week to provide for his family. He was treated as the head of the household and, if my parents could not come to a consensus about a decision, the unspoken rule was that my father would ultimately make the decision. I purposely stated previously that my family ascribed “mostly” to traditional gender roles; this is because there were some aspects that would be considered more egalitarian. For example, my father participated in a large portion of the housework (e.g. vacuuming, laundry, lawn care, etc.), he was extremely active in the lives of my siblings and I (e.g. attending all extracurricular events, volunteering as assistant coach, getting us ready in the morning for school, etc.), they both were responsible for maintain the intimacy and connection in their relationship, and my mother, once my siblings and I started school, entered the workforce. What is more interesting is that my father and mother, despite exhibiting more traditional gender roles, instilled in my sister and I that we could be and do anything we wanted in life as it pertains to family, career, and educational choices. Therefore, my

Gender roles, the public image of being a particular gender that a person presents to others (gender roles, n.d.), have seen many changes through the years, especially in families. The changes can be seen in many aspects, including television shows, from the traditional family in the I Love Lucy sitcom of the 1950s to the plethora of shows about women and men who balance working and family life of the 2000s. A traditional family can be defined as “… the ‘natural reproductive unit’ of mom, pop, and the children all living under one roof… (Ball, 2002).” The 1940s, a period dominated by this type of family, were primarily a time of single-income families where the father was the ‘breadwinner’ and the mother the ‘homemaker (Hayghe, H.V., 1990).’

Within and across different cultures, we can find great consistency in standards of anticipated gender roles. In the United States, like many other countries, males are expected to be independent, assertive, and competitive. Females are expected to be more passive, sensitive, and supportive. For example, when a woman gives birth, she is the one that is expected to stay home and take care of her children while the father goes to work and is the breadwinner for the family. In society, it is more acceptable and common to see the women stay home and take care of the house and children while the husband goes to work instead of the other way around. Stay at home dads are not as common as stay at home moms. However, it is up to the individuals on what they decide as a couple. Because of this, gender appropriate behaviors can be seen because of sex segregation and starting at young ages.