Here's the assignment:
Answer the question below - which is an essential question and therefore intentionally broad and open-ended - in a paragraph that is detailed and through. This activity is intended to be a brainstorming exercise, so make sure you are offering up new ideas in your response and not simply repeating what others have already said. Also, do not feel like you need to respond directly to what others have said; in fact, for this assignment I prefer you read the other responses simply for the sake of making sure you are not repeating ideas and to get inspiration for you to come up with your own. My goal is to get the class to consider all the various elements we have studied in the unit, including politics and law (legislative acts, court cases, protests, and elections, for example), social issues (marriage and reproductive rights, for example) professional opportunities (hiring, promotion, and pay equity, for example) and problems such as gender violence, body image, and media representations. This is not an exhaustive list and I encourage you to use other evidence, including examples from the literature we have studied, what you learned during the multi-genre project fair, and materials from lectures.
Okay, here's the question:
What has been the changing role of women throughout American history?
You have until Tuesday 12/20 at 10:30 AM to complete this assignment.
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The role of women has changed throughout American History majorly. Women started out having fewer legal rights, few career and job opportunities, and simply seen as the weaker sex. The stereotypical American woman revolved around wife and motherhood, taking care of the house and their family, because they were not accepted in the world of profession. After a long struggle, promoting women’s rights and women’s suffrage, in the twentieth century women won the right to finally vote. This movement increased their educational and job experiences/opportunities because they were a part of our “people” now with the nineteenth amendment in place. A lot of build-up had to happen before women were treated and considered equal with men, before they were allowed to vote. The second, of the three waves, is where women were seen most essential to our government. The second wave took place during the war, which triggered women taking over the jobs men used to obtain, in order for our government to stay steady and keep running. This time period is when the major campaigning for women’s rights began because women had proven that they can do the same jobs men had been doing for years, while the men were away at war. Women have achieved a huge stature in the government and are considered an importance in our society today.
ReplyDeleteIn today's world when you say "all men are created equal" you think men meaning all people, but back was this country was formed it didn't meant that, it meant white heterosexual men. Women couldn't possibly have any opinions, because she wasn't supposed to be educated, and she didn't have money because the government limited her rights to own anything, so how could she know anything about the political world. Women were placed in very defined roles. The domestic housewife who would stay home with the kids, cook, and clean. Then as our country started to develop women were able to say their views more clearly, Abigail Adams tried to express the need of female rights, to her husband John Adams who would end up being our second president, but her letter to him was ignored. Women were left on the back burner of society. Then when we got into the mid 1800's two very prominent figures joined the feminist movement, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Susan B. Anthony. These two women joined famous women's right activists and abolitionists the Grimke sisters in the fight for equality. Elizabeth Cady Stanton wrote and gave lectures while Susan B. Anthony took on the problem in a new way and placed an "unlawful" vote. The two managed to keep fighting and every-time the "women issue was voted on, the people who were oppressing them, straight white men voted that they should not be able to vote. During this time women were also not supposed to know anything about themselves either, as we saw in "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman men would often not listen to their wives about their mental state. In "The Yellow Wallpaper" the main character goes on a downward spiral that could have been avoided if her husband simply listened to her when she said that she needed to get out of the house; but no, he kept her on strict bed rest which made her mad from depression and loneliness. In the early 1900's we see two radical women join the fight for suffrage in America Alice Paul, and Lucy Burns, these two fought using protests against President Wilson they were able to gain the women's right to vote after being wrongly imprisoned. However the right to suffrage did not change everything as some might have thought that it would, Alice Paul fought for women's rights until the day she died, and equality has still not been reached. We may have women in the same/similar positions as men but does that make them equal? People think degrading jokes about a women's sexuality, or being a kitchen are just fun things to say to a friend but they may be part of the problem. Women do not get paid the same amount as a man, or is able to get a better promotion, or is represented in powerful political roles. In today's America the only way that women can be considered ideal is if she is on the cover of a magazine and her picture is airbrushed so she doesn't even look like herself. And we see this every day, Adele is a celebrity who doesn't care what the media feels about her, she's is bigger and doesn't mind, yet the other day I was at the store and she was on the cover of a magazine and looked much thinner than she really is. This puts the message out into society that it doesn't matter if you are one of the most talented people out there, if you can't be thin, are you worth anything? This gives younger women and girls the need to want to be perfect, to want to be this impossible sizes and shapes. If this is what we are calling perfect, it just goes to show that it may seem like we have made it a long way in the women's rights issue, but in reality we haven't.
ReplyDeleteIn our culture today, we critisize the ideals of the past. We have this illusion of third wave feminism that says that all women, despite race, size, sexual orientation, etc should love themselves and respect themselves. But that is not the case. This waves says that you shouldn't have to change anything about yourself to fit into society, and yet it praises those who have completely changed their physical looks in order to be seen as more attractive. Photoshop is abused in almost every printed add we see. A good way to opress people is to set a goal that is unnatainable. Women's role in society has gone from child bearer, to worker, to homemaker, and now to sex object. Girls as young as nine are on diets to make them thinner. Padded bras and magazines like Cosmopolitan have never had higher sales. Theres this idea that if you don't "put out", you're a loser and won't fit in with anyone. A Women's role in our society is purely based on her looks and how promiscuous she is. This so called wave of feminism is a contridiction. Even barbie dolls have been made more sexual. The reason that little to no progress is being made is because that girls are taught from a very young age to compete with other girls, to judge them, and to tear them down. It is not men who are keeping women down, it is the women.
ReplyDeletethe role women play today has in a few ways changes from america past. There are very few examples in modern day of women playing the same role that women didi or were at least expected to do in the past(20's and 50's stereotypical housewife), but there a certainly modern day housewives with similar roles. the women today is expected (by realities terms) to be just as good as men and have the same freedoms. men are expected to be better at sports, be more agressive, competetive and generally succesful. But behind each man there is, by america's standards, supposed to be a strong women. WOmen are intended to take care of the children still and most clean their houses. Theyre intended to be girly; enjoy doing their hair and makeup and getting their nails done. theyre still expected to be girly and represent gentle caring and emotion beings. However, the modern day woemn is also supposed to over come all the stereotypes and be strong. the soccer mom's can take anything thrown at them and so can the CEO of Avon( also a women). the modern day women. its a statue made of stone. strong weathered and beautiful, despite its climate
ReplyDeleteThe role of a women has drastically changed from what it was in the mid to late 1800's. Women used to be seen purely as the child raisers and cooks, without a say in mostly anything that happened to them. Their husbands would make the decisions When some women started pushing for their rights, they were unsuccessful and criticized. Key figures started to appear at this time and around the early 1900's, like Anthony, Cady Stanton, Paul, and Burns. With their roles in women's suffrage, the 19th amendment was passed and women could finally have a say in what governed them and in society. In the 1950's and 60's, women were still typically housewives and child raisers. At this time, many women were living the American Dream, with a nice house in the suburbs, a successful husband, and children, yet were terribly unhappy with their lives. This "problem that has no name" was plaguing women across the country because their life was supposed to be perfect, but they were not feeling accomplished and were missing something in their lives. Women started to attend college and have careers, with some stepping out of their roles as homemakers and into the roles of professionals. The third wave (or extension of 2nd wave) focuses more on how women should assume the roles of whatever they want and are encouraged to attend college and find careers. Although the role of women has changed dramatically, especially within the last 150 years, modern media is hurting young women because it is telling them they must look a certain way to be valuable to the world.
ReplyDeleteIn the past women were viewed very differently than men to say the least. Up until the suffrage movement they were expected to stay at home taking care of the children, cooking, cleaning and not complaining."Miss Representation" showed us that this view was intensified in part by the media. From commercials on tv to advertisements in the newspaper, women are targeted. There are laundry detergent adds that show a woman with a smile on her face and an expression that boils down to say something like: how it should be. I have learned from this class that the suffrage movement attempted to change the views of women. They tried to move the views from body image to intelligence. The suffrage movement was successful in changing the discriminations against women in some ways. In the past domestic violence was a very large issue and now that issue is still around today ,however it is not as much of a problem. Women are still being discriminated against in the workplace but the amount that the discriminations have gone down is astonishing which means that the women's rights/suffrage movement in the end was a success.
ReplyDeleteThe role of women has changes dramatically since the 1800’s when women’s rights movements first began. Back then, women simply wanted to be able to divorce, have a bank account, and sue for being beaten. Now, in this “third wave” women want to be respected in society and just be themselves. They want to have equal rights and pay in the work-place, and be able to express themselves in ways where they won’t be discriminated against. If an activist from the first wave heard these wants, they would think it would never be possible. But because of where we are now, these goals don’t seem that unrealistic. I think that women in the second wave made amazing progress; they made it possible for women to vote. They got their wanted outcome, by standing up for something they believed in, and never backing down. We saw this in the movie, “Iron Jawed Angels”. Until watching that movie I didn’t realize everything that they had to do to achieve this right that we have now. I don’t think of voting as a privilege, I think of it as a right. And until seeing this movie I never realized how lucky I am to be able to get the chance to vote once I turn 18. These women such as Alice Paul changed the way women live their life. Voting may just seem like a little thing, but it lets people know that women will be respected in society and they are citizens also.
ReplyDeleteThe role of women in the United States has progressed and altered throughout the course of events and waves of feminism. In the early 1800's women did not posses the right to vote, particapate in politics or be head of a household. Women had set duties in the home, they were child bearers,they cooked, and raised their children because women were considered the weaker sex so they were not encouraged to pursue careers. Women reformed their role in society by forming feminist movements for equal rights as men and in 1920, women successfully were granted the right to vote. During the the second wave, women proved themselves equaly as capable as men by withholding the same jobs men used to have before they joined the service. In the mid nineteenth century, society and media influence encouraged women to return back to tending their homes, raising children, and being a supportive wife an mother while the husband or "bread maker" was working. Encouraged by the civil rights movement, the second wave of feminism evolved back into the idea of women taking individual pride, education and achievement to lead their own lifes supporting equal pay movements and breaking away from suburban lifestyle. Today, women are still in the process of fully being respected in society and politics as equal and able leaders. Women in the United States have proved to be competent leaders in bsiness and politics. The media however presently portrays women and scrutinizes and degrades womans image. Instead of acknowledging women for their achievements in pursuing careers in advanced businesses and politics, the media refers to women as "sex objects." The media promotes women and sends wrong ideas to young women viewers to pursue a life of having "perfect" physical qualities to please men and to value themselves not by intellegence, but by bueaty. The changing role and purpose of the years of feminism movements was and still is to establish woman as individuals who have the equal rights and citizenship to be active politicians, leaders, voters and educated beings. There still is a struggle as what some feminists claim today is the third wave; women wanting to focus on self achievement and being equal in strength of holding power, to no longer have role to supply for everyone elses needs but their own.
ReplyDeleteThe role of women has constantly been changing in America. In the 17 and 1800s, women were below men. Their job was to take care of the house and raise the children. They had no voice in government or almost anything. Then in the first wave they gained the right to vote, and it increased from there. In the 20s and 50s they were still the caretaker of the house, but in the 40s they started to get jobs that the men had left behind due to the war. Then in the 60s they began the second wave. The main goal of which was to get reproductive rights and try to get more equal to men. The ERA was passed by Congress, but never ratified. Then there was the 3rd wave, which many consider just to be a continuation of the 2nd wave. It shares many of the same goals as the 2nd wave, but also has a major focus on self-worth. Women have been held back by advertisements for years. They're told from very early on that appearance is first and everything else is second. The other goal of the 3rd wave is to break the glass ceiling that stops women from getting most higher up jobs like CEO or president.
ReplyDeleteThroughout history, women have been thought of as inferior to men, especially in the work place. Over time, women have proved themselves to be just as good workers as men, but they still are having difficulty breaking through the ‘glass ceiling’. Before WWII, women’s job was to stay at home and tend to the children and home; however, after the war began, men left to assist the war efforts so women were left to fill their positions in the workplace. During this time, women proved themselves good enough to do the jobs that were thought to be the men’s work. After the men came back from the war, they took back some of the jobs that the women had filled, but many women kept their jobs. Although the number of women in the workplace had gotten smaller after WWII, it was still a larger percentage than it was before the war. Laws such as the Equal Pay Act of 1963, which ensured that men and women received the same pay for jobs, and the Women’s Educational Equity Act of 1972 , which ensures that women get equal educational opportunities, helped to make progress in women’s presence in the workplace. The Women’s Educational Equity Act ensured that women received proper education, which means that they could better compete with the men for jobs that require intelligence. Despite these improvements, women can still not break through the ‘glass ceiling’ that is preventing them from obtaining the higher-standing positions. As we saw in Miss- Represented, men are dominating in the higher-standing positions causing an unequal representation of our population. Women have come a long way in the workplace, but there is still a long and challenging road ahead.
ReplyDeleteWomen from early American history were inferior to men. Women not only did not have a voice in their household or relationship, but she did not have a say in the world around her as well. Women were not allowed to vote, own their own property or anything else, and were summoned to stay at home and do household chores such as taking care of their children, and tending to their husbands. Women wanted a change and fought for feminism and suffrage and finally obtained the right to vote in 1920. Prior to World War II, America also began to see more and more women working by serving for the army. But soon after the war was over, they were booted from their jobs because the men came back home. Although women have come along way throughout history, I am still not convinced women are completely equal to men. Today, women are being seen and appreciated more for their physical appearance rather than their intellectuals. Women worked hard throughout history and as a result the roles of women in America have and will always be forever changing.
ReplyDeleteWomen history has changed a lot through out the years. Many women have fought for equal rights. When watching Iron Jawed Angles it really showed what it was like to be a women fighting for rights. All women were supposed to be the ideal wife, cooking, cleaning, taking care of the family. The women form Iron Jawed Angles went through tough times such as being arrested and thrown in jail. Women were looked at to be these stay at home wives. Those women who stood up for what they believed in were role models to all of the women race. I think that if the women that worked so hard to get equal rights could see what the society has changed into over the past years they would be ashamed. Now a days women who have the right to vote don't always use their vote, someone like Susan B Anthony would be honored to vote in an election. Media has effected the way a women is supposed to look like and act. In the 1920s media didn't have that affect on the society. In the 2000 media has had a negative effect on women, women are supposed to look flawless which isn't even possible. Now a days its all about what a women looks like not how smart they are are what they have accomplished.
ReplyDeleteThe role of women has changed a lot in America's history. In the 1800s before the first wave of feminism, women have very few rights and were essentially the property of either their husband of father. As time progressed and feminists lobbied for more rights slowly but surely women became more equal. The first big step was women gaining suffrage which they finally attained in 1920. After that women were looking to get more rights and after the second wave of feminist women were no longer housewives who stayed home and only cared for the children but they could be what ever they wanted. After the Equal Pay Act and Sec. IX women have become almost equal with men. Although women are not completely equal yet, they have come a long way from the 1800s where there was one way to be a woman and now women can be whatever they want and do whatever they want.
ReplyDeleteI believe that the nineteenth amendment greatly changed the roles of women throughout American history. Before the nineteenth amendment, women were looked down upon and thought of as having no ideas politically. In class, we looked at many artifacts from this time; one artifact stated that many women would just vote for the same person her husband had voted for as a reason why women shouldn’t vote. Now, after the nineteenth amendment, women are looked at like individuals who are smart enough to make their own decisions, have their own ideas, and hold jobs that would have only been held by a man in the past. I believe that the nineteenth amendment created great change for women, but I also believe that there is still plenty to change in order to gain complete equality for all. After watching Missrepresentation in class, the fact that women put other women down in order to try to make themselves look and feel better than others was evident, but what really struck me was the fact that men are deeply affected by the idea that women are still below them. As we look at the past, women have been trying to live up to the ideals of men. Even today women are trying to live up to the expectations that men have and I believe that if this continues equality will never truly be reached.
ReplyDeleteThe role of women has changed drastically in both professional and social terms. Women have always been treated unfairly throughout history. They always had to fight for equality and it took them many years and they still are not 100% equal with men. They were always thought of as inferior or less than men. Women have been fighting since the mid-1800s when they were fighting for equality. Back then they were treated as less than men and didn't have the same fights. Therefore, their roles were not as important, rather than be good housewives. We didn't really see any change in the treatment of women until around the turn of the 20th century. This was when the first wave of feminism was happening. Women were fighting for suffrage and finally got the right to vote in 1920. They could then play an active role in society by being allowed to vote. But they were still not equal. In the 1950s, women were still being treated unfairly as their role was to be the "perfect" housewife. People viewed their role as supposed to be a stay-at-home mom and clean, cook, and take care of the children. The media showed this role on television and made people sort of believe this role. Women weren't really working and didn't really have a professional role. Then in the mid-1960s, the second wave of feminism came rolling by and women started to fight for workplace equality amongst other issues regarding treatment of women. This started to change the roles of women in professional areas. They were gaining more rights and equality that led them to become a more important role in the workplace. They weren't just stay-at-home mothers anymore. They were changing to be a major contributor to the American economy. Today, women are still changing their roles in society. They are still progressing, even if by a little. Women still aren't on the same level as men, but they are slowly reaching it. Their roles will be continuously changing until they reach equality. A greatly significant change has happened between the roles of women in the 1800s and today.
ReplyDeleteThe role of women in society has changed greatly, and for the better in the lat 200 years. In the 1800's, women were though of as property of their husbands and really did not have any rights. They couldn't own property, were often beaten, and were neglected by not only their spouses but society as well. Furthermore, women were not valued at all in their communities. Not to say they were not valued at home, because they were, but I do not feel that men respected them at all especially when it came to their political influences. When the first wave began, a few strong women stood up for themselves and fought for equality, eventually gaining it in the 1920's. After they were given the right to vote, women everywhere started to realize that they had no reason to be different from man and should take any action they can to get that equality that they want so badly. A time progressed, women started to have more influence in the workforce and were overall more valued in society. They began to work full time jobs, but were also doing work at home. This was both good and bad for the women; good, because it allowed women to have some variation in their lives, and bad because many women felt that they were being overwhelmed and had no time to simply enjoy themselves. In today's time, women are more valued than ever. They have the ability to vote and are no longer viewed as the sole "house-keeper". One problem that I see is that most women are very critical of other women. If women truly want to be viewed as people, and not as objects, they should stop putting so much pressure on each other. With that said, I believe that women have been advancing since the 1800's and will not stop making advancements until complete equality is reached.
ReplyDeleteThe role of women in American society has been ever-changing, almost never staying exactly the same for long periods of time. At first, women were extremely devalued, and all methods of giving money and power to men had to be exhausted before the women could get them. They were treated, and thought of, as little more than human pets, and their masters were often cruel and violent; although, they were respected for the work they did around the house and raising the children.
ReplyDeleteEventually, after a long-fought wave of feminism, the congress-people were convinced to give white women the right to vote. Soon after, a second wave of feminism began which wanted more equality between men and women. Throughout these two waves, there were different opinions on women. Some people considered them to be trouble-makers who were just "stirring up the pot" and a threat to public order. Others saw them as revolutionaries, who were courageous, passionate, and changing the course of American history forever. Presently, women have achieved all possible legal equalities, but not all societal equalities. There is a legitimate gap between some benefits that men and women have that tend to favor men, the most notable example being that women make $.77 for every $1 that men make. I believe that in this time period, women are treated as equals to men, but are generally regarded as being "bitchy" or "in a non-stop pms mode," so they are less likely to advance in society as high as women do.
Women's roles have changed a lot in American history especially in the past 200 years. In the 1800's, women were strictly housewives and were treated much differently. It used to be normal for a husband to beat their wife and their were no laws against it, until they finally made the "Rule of thumb", which is still an unreasonable law. Then in the late 1800's and early 1900's women really started trying to make a difference and stand up for themselves. they started going out and protesting publically to try to make a difference. for example, Alice Paul and her group of women suffragists really tried to make a difference and went through a lot of struggles but finally in 1920 women got the right to vote. After that things started changing even more for women, them having the right to vote made them more of the community and got them more involved and got them to feel like they were worth more than just an item owned by their husband. As the 1900's went on, women's rights made a lot more progress and women and men slowly started to become more equal. I would say that in life today, tha men and women at for the most part equal besides little things like small chores around the house. Overall, women's rights has come a long way and is still continuing to make progress on where women stand and women's roles in life today.
ReplyDeleteWomen have become people rather than objects. For quite some time women were treated like second class citizens. They were a man's property. Women could not depend on themselves to live in America. They relied solely on the success of a man. Now that women have more rights they are able to become their own person and not have to live up as high of standards as they used to be. Before, women were expected to act as feminine as possible, treat their husband right, maintain a good household, and to keep their opinions to themselves. Now women are not as expected to meet these requirements. Many women may not chose to have children or to become the perfect house wife and it respected by many men. Women, with the ability to vote, can now have more control of the life they live in. They do not have to be living in a place where they have to live by rules and guidlines they had no say in. Women have become more powerful. Women are taking jobs that are meant for men and are doing them just as well as men. They have been breaking the stereotypes that women should only be staying the house for work. Women are also much safer. Domestic abuse is no longer tolerated and if it occurs there are now consequences. Women are also no longer the blame. If a marriage is not working, it can be that the two are just unhappy and not be the women can't be children and that the man has to decide on divorce. Women may still seem unequal to a man but they have come so far and treated so much more equally than in earlier times. America is finally embracing that all men and women were created equal and that everyone, no matter their gender, should be granted equal opportunity
ReplyDeleteThe role of women has definitely changed throughout history. Women can now vote, have jobs outside of the house, and do more than just cook and clean. However, now people are finding different issues regarding women. In Miss Representation it talked about how women are only "respected" if they're attractive and skinny. The movie also said how this is affecting young girls because they grow up seeing all these tiny women on television and it makes them feel like if they're not skinny, they're nothing. I think females let the media bother them too much. They need to understand that models are skinny because that's just the way models are, not to show little girls how they're supposed to look; that's not the point. I see everything about men and women as a double standard. Women want to be treated the same as men, but how can women be equal to men if they don't let themselves. Instead it's viewed as a negative thing that models are pretty and skinny because it affects young girls. At least women are allowed to model, and be on television, and do all these great things. I think, girls need to be told at a young age that they're fine the way they are and the media isn't supposed to change their self-confidence whatsoever. I don't know if I'm just not seeing what the issue is, but I don't think women have it that bad. Women have come so far and instead of realizing that, women are letting everything bother them. Because they don't get a job that a man has. Maybe the job was given to the man because they actually are more intellectually fit for it, not just because he's a man. Women are making assumptions that aren't necessarily true. So I think the role of women has done a complete 180 and we are able to do so much more than we could throughout history.
ReplyDeleteWomen have had a lot of changing roles throughout history. Through the years leading up to the nineteen twenties, women had no rights. They weren't able to vote, to own property, and most of the women weren't able to get a proper education. They revolved around a man; if it was their father, brother, or husband. A women's job was to serve a man, and the worst part of this was that women needed a man in their life so that they could survive and have a roof over their head. This was called the first wave. During the first and the second wave, I noticed that it seemed like women were competing with each other on who can be the best house wife, who looked the best, and who was an all around American women. The first wave was about women's suffrage and how women tried so hard to get the right to vote and some of the rights that men had. In the second wave, women were trying to get reproductive rights, the same financial opportunities as men with their jobs, and trying to make sexual harassment a major issue. In today's society, most women are powerful. They work with men in their jobs, and some are considered equal with the men, they are involved in the government and allowed to vote, and have more rights than they did in the past. Still though, women are not equal to men. As we watched misrepresentation, I realized that women still have a huge trouble being taken seriously in the government. Women are judged not by their knowledge, but by their looks in this movie. In today's society, this is affecting girls as young as twelve years old. From the media to books to magazines, girls are required to look a certain way, have certain qualities, and be a certain size. In return for changing their body image, they are not always granted respect, but are now obsessed with the way they and others look and end up judging and scrutinizing themselves and others. Women have come a long way in the work force and their social society, but they still have a long way to go.
ReplyDeleteSince the 1800’s the role of women in the United States has chaned alot since the waves started. In the 1800’s woman did not have the right to vote and where consedered as lesser beings and property to their husband. Woman then began being tired of being their husbands posetions and started the womans rights movement where they pushed for exuality between sexes. The strongly wanted to have the right to vote. In the 1920’s womans right to vote was granted throughtout the the country and that right cant be taken away. The led to the end of the first wave and began the start of the second where woman fought for equality in the workforce. Durring the war woman proved that they could hold the same jobs that the men did but as soon as the war ended the majority of woman where fired so men could come and replace them. Media tried to get woman to fall back into the role of being just house wives and tend to house hold chores and the children while the men would work to provide for the family. The second wave was woman fighting for woman to be able to be individuals and do thigs for them self without having to be the house wife that was expacted. Today woman are trying to be more as equals in evrysence. Moer woman are pushing for political roles and higher leval jobs. When people try to change the way things have been done there is retalitaion towards them and the woman today are receving alot of it. Woman today still in media are protayed as the perfect woman but in a different way, her physical apperance is the most imprtant thing today.
ReplyDeleteAmerica is thought of as one of the most powerful and successful countries in this world. People come from all around and risk their lives to start over in this country. The reason they do this is America is known for their equal opportunity and a place where there is not set and stone social roles. But America was not always like this even though the founding fathers thought of America as a land where all men are created equal; this was actually just the case for men not women. Women were thought of as just their and their lived to find a husband have kids and take care of their family. Never to move up in the world rich or poor women was just suppose to be a house wife. After many years of women like Susan B. Anthony dedicating their lives to making America be as equal and free as the Declaration displays it as. Over the course of America's history women have went from being house slaves to able to vote and be involved in government. Now women now work just like men and actually take up 62% of America’s workforce. The problem now is not that women do not have the opportunity that men do but they are still not treated the same. Women only make $.76 for every $1.00 men receive. I still do not think women are treated as they should be and this will not change until something dramatic occurs such as a women president. But I do not think the true problem in this world should be surrounded about women’s rights in America when some countries women do not even have rights, we should fight to help other countries evolve before further trying to change America which is a very successful country.
ReplyDeleteThe role of woman have changed an extreme amount. Back in the early 1900's womans main role was to be a typical stay at home mom. They werent aloud to vote or take part in the government. There was this thought that woman werent equal to men and that they should have a say. The womans rights movement changed eberything. They fought for womans suffarage and just to be equal with men. Back then this was an unreasonable thought. But with enought fighting and protesting when August 26, 1920 cam around that idea became realality. Then after that the womans rights movement took off and soon more and more people were involved. Now in present time woman are almost a 100% equal to men minus a few small things.
ReplyDeleteThe roles of women have changed drastically throughout American history. From the fighting for rights, to protesting jobs, and to the hard work in the household. Women fought their hearts out putting everything on the line for equal rights, doing everything they possibly could, even if that meant a hunger strike. This was the start to women gaining power in society, the start of women having a voice. I do believe that women have come a long way, but we still are not equal to men and I also believe we will never quite get there. Even though there are many women holding high position jobs in the work force, women are still looked at for their physical appearance and that will never change. I think that the appearance of women will always be put before intelligence and that is one of the major reasons why women are not completely equal to men.
ReplyDeleteThroughout history, the role of women has changed tremendously. In the readings we have been studying and discussions in class, I have noticed that women in the early to mid 1900s were expected to be outstanding mothers and wives. They were supposed to be happy with their duties as stay-at-home moms and devoted partners. They were to keep the house clean and not work outside the home. But as time went on, women started to be needed in the workplace when men were on leave for the war. A lot of women joined the workforce during the war, but not many of them kept their jobs when the men returned. Women were once again expected to be tied to their homes. In the early 1900s, women began fighting for suffrage. Their goal was to obtain specific rights, such as divorce. Then in the mid 1900s, women began to desire equal rights in the workplace. Since women had begun working, they wanted the same opportunities as men. They wanted equal pay and for sexual harassment to end. The same issues carried over into the late 1900s along with the issue of body image and media. The body image in media is still a major issue today in the United States. It seems to be that women’s role is to “satisfy” the eyes of men and to push other women to look a certain way. Women have been objectified by men and some women for quite a time and are now expected to look like Victoria Secret models rather than be expected to care for their children and be a loyal wife. Expectations of women have changed significantly over time which in turn has caused the role of women to vary since 1900.
ReplyDeleteOver the years, women’s roles in society have changed drastically. With great effort drive, women have won themselves the right to an education, to work, vote, and be treated as equals to men. Way back in the late 1800’s to early 1900’s, a woman’s only duty was to be a stay –at – home mom and do all the work around the house. Women had no rights, and they were seen as objects to men. During the first wave, women wanted the right to own their own property, vote, get a divorce, and have joint custody of their children. Women had none of those rights, and were treated as invalids who couldn’t own anything for themselves or make any important decisions for their own lives. During the second wave of feminism, which was in the mid 1960’s to late 1970’s, women wanted to take their reproductive rights, and have equal pay. They weren’t allowed to be on birth control or receive an abortion. But, also during the second wave there was a war, and many of America’s men were away fighting, so women had to take over the jobs. They got paid less money, but they were responsible for keeping the factories running as well as keeping their homes fully organized and their kids happy and healthy. Although, when the men returned they took over their jobs and women were forced back into their stay at home lives. Today, women play a big role in society, one that would almost be impossible if women didn’t have they rights that they have today. Today, women and men are treated equally in the government’s eyes, but still seen as objects in the minds of some people in society. Violence against women is a big issue, and has been increasing over the years. Women are seen as sex objects, and men treat them as such. Dating violence is one of the major contributors to this issue. The role of women in society has definitely made a remarkable change for the better since the early 1800’s.
ReplyDeleteThe role of women throughout American history has greatly changed. Women did not have many rights, job opportunities, or equal pay. Women soon became unhappy because of the inequality. They demanded voting rights, equal pay, more job opportunities, and equality in general. Women in the 1800s had the role of being housewives. The men would support the faimly with the money while the women stayed home to cook, clean, and care for the children and her husband. Women got the right to vote in 1920 after a long stuggle. Alice Paul was one of the many women who spoke up about the inequality. She and the other women would hold signs and inform others about the injustice towards women. Alice Paul and the women who helped her were sent to jail. Alice Paul went on a hunger strike. No matter how much she was punished, she never gave up. These women were so brave and courageous to fight for what they deserved. During the war, women's role changed beacuse the women had to take on the jobs the men were doing before they went to war. Then, in the late 1900s, women were noticed by the way they looked. The new role for women was to always look their best and to look like the models in the media. Women went from having very few rights to being able to have a role in the government. They could now have a say in the decisions being made. Women have struggled to be noticed and have finally achieved this goal and are now respected and valued as important members in our society.
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