Radical feminists such as Dobash and Dobash also disagree with Willmott and Young’s theory that the family is symmetrical. They believe there are inequalities in the power relations between men and women so they see family
However, in U.S. with Indian culture, husband and wives both work together in but only wives work the household chores such as cleaning and cooking. Even though wives do not work outside in our country, they work in the U.S., which is acceptable since wives generally take up work outside. This exists because of ethnocentrism that husbands in India do not help with household chores. If the Indian people believed in culture relativism than both spouses can make their life and environment better. This type of ethnocentrism does not set a good example for the new
Another aspect of the Depression affecting life of women was the moral argument against working-women. There was the social movement toward the defeminizing of public and private jobs for married or unmarried women in these days, because such social current brought by
Living on a single income, with the husband supporting the family on his own sounds wonderful to a lot of women today, when husbands demand their wives work outside of the home. The "Women's Libbers" expect to be thanked, and do not understand why many women resent what they did. Society has changed so much that women may make quite a bit more money than men, and some husbands don't want to work at all. They are happy to be supported by their wives or girlfriends while they stay home and do anything they want to do. Unfortunately, what they want to do apparently does not include childcare or
That our Nation, founded on principles of equal rights, with laws protecting us from discrimination, endorses discrimination based on gender in its own institution, is particularly disturbing. Refusing admittance to females based on physical standards which don’t pertain to job effectiveness or based on stereotypes of women’s physical abilities is also disturbing. Basically, the idea is, we don’t think a woman can do it so we aren’t going to let her try. This stereotype completely discounts the women who successfully compete in triathlons, iron man competitions and various other physical challenges all over the world. Additionally, basing the discrimination on the fact that women have periods and might see a man naked or be seen naked trivializes the desire these women have to be the best and to be recognized for it.
Women were deemed incapable to work and function in public because these traits were thought to make women less capable to do work that the men did. Women were thought of as weaker and unable to do things that men did, but still thought to be morally superior to men. Mid-nineteenth century religious views had reinforced this thought to be true. It was because of this that people had thought that women were best suited for the domestic sphere because of their moral superiority. Women were also expected to teach the next generation the necessary moral virtues to ensure the survival of the
“As a result of this attitude, wives seldom worked at outside jobs,” Benner stated (Benner pg.1). Some women tried to have a job out of rebelliousness or some just desperately needed a job because their husband could not maintain a well enough paying job. Women weren’t sought out to be the type person who would get a job and provide for the family. The man of the house was supposed to do that. That was the norm, the norm was that the man of the house was the one who was to protect his family, provide for his family, and be there for his family.
A woman’s typical day differed based on her social standing. If she was rich, her family would employ servants so she would not have to perform as much of the cleaning and grunt work. Her children would be sent to school, husband to work, and once the expected duties were done a wife might have some leisure time. Acceptable activities were needlework, sewing, and other practical crafts She might also read the bible or books and magazines deemed appropriate for
They were shocked that she was taking over this role because the women’s job was to simply take care their husbands and children. Eliza Lucas proved to many that women have the ability of doing it all she directed the planting of crops, paid the bills and oversaw the selling of the crops and she would also make time to do the traditional tasks such as attending teas, visiting the sick and learning how to dance and play piano (9). She chose to not follow the traditional roles and in turn empowered
These examples just shows how confusing it is in identifying sexual harassment today. How would you answer Limbaugh’s points if you were arguing for the opposition to each of the two points you have selected? For the first point, I would argue that women should not have so much power over men because men were created as the head and as such women should respect their authority. For the second point, I would say that sexual harassment should be limited to only sexual behaviors that are forced unto women and not be based on a man trying to win a woman over by his advances. Sexual harrassment refers to sexual actions.