If this little detail would have been taken more seriously China dominant future could have been predicted more quickly. The Marriage Law was a big step toward women equality in China and opened a lot of doors for women. Although it may have opened a lot doors many women did not follow through with the law. It may have been difficult for women to break their old ways. Even though China was not very develop country at the time this may have been the beginning of a big change for China.
Edgell says that women do most decision making frequently on a probably daily basis, but their decisions go unnoticed whereas men make fewer decisions more infrequently but they seem to be the more important decisions such as moving house or buying a car or other serious financial decisions. A radical feminist would say that Edgells study just outlines the fact that we are living in a patriarchal society and that men are viewed more highly and have more power and control in the relationship, and that women are just used for everyday menial tasks. In conclusion, there is much to y for both sides of the argument but it is difficult to decide either way. It appears that there is some equality but we have a long way to go before actual
This could almost be dismissed as a hangover from traditional values or the result of still-prominent stay-at-home mothers, except that it remains true when both members are working full-time, and even in some cases where only the woman is in employment. One explanation given for the unwillingness of men to take part is that the male gender role has not been challenged as strongly as its female counterpart, so many men feel threatened on a primal level by the prospect of child-rearing and domestic labour. This is backed up by the fact that it is even more pronounced when the man is unemployed, suggesting he has a greater reason to feel insecure in his masculinity. Whatever the cause, all signs point to women suffering a dual-burden; having to hold
The Chicano community did not have many “successful” role models, except their parents who were exploited in their jobs for long hours and little pay. And, because the Barrios brought a sense of respect to the marginalized Chicanos, some youth became attracted to the barrios. If people feel they are achieving this toughness it helps their self-esteem because they feel as though they have no chance to make it in other areas of life such as school and work. Therefore, for many youths, this seemed more realistic than economic or scholastic success. Often parents needed to work excessive hours for little pay forcing a certain amount of neglect of their
When living in a big city you barely have time or the money to spend for yourself especially if you’re a single parent. Being raised by a single mother there were a lot of things we didn’t have that the other kids had. Now I understand where all of the paycheck went to but if my mother had some money left over she would spend it on us. In other countries just having a house, a farm, and some livestock they considered that being rich but that doesn’t really have an impact here in the United States. Here you have to have some education and a good paying job and wear brand name clothes but there are some citizens who may look high class but they just dress well to make other people assume that they are.
If paid family leave is extended to both partners it would help reduce gender differences. Bosses would stop penalizing their workers because both males and females would be taking the leave. If more workplaces would offer this to their employers it would hep society become accustomed to this new role fathers should have been playing in the first place. If men would take leave as well as women, they could both have the same achievements at work, such as how much income they recieve. Families are often influenced by the media portrayal of the way women should run their families.
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
The concept is not hard to grasp. But all of this takes either time or money and sometimes both. Living away from home is expensive. My family is blessed enough to support me while I was in school but not everyone is so fortunate. Some of my teammates work part time jobs, participate in work-study programs, or take out loans just to be able to wear a uniform with the universities name of the front and represent it on a field of play.
Less people would have to depend on welfare and other community services to get by. Many people depend on welfare because the current minimum wage is not enough to satisfy their basic needs. So, an increase would help more people help themselves. An increase would benefit all workers because it would push wages up for all employees. An employer would not be able to hire an unskilled employee for the same amount of a skilled employee, who has been employed longer.
Therefore, like an ignorant individual, I assumed that my living was the standard of living of everyone else’s. I had many richer friends, which also made me think that my standard of living was average. However, thinking critically, there are tons of people who do not have the means or the grades to go to an educational level beyond high school and therefore receive minimum wage jobs without a good opportunity for promotion because those will be handed to people with the higher educational people. Also, that leaves very little room to improve the condition of living that you find yourself in. Therefore most of the times you will find yourself marrying an individual of the same economic class due the nature that nobody wants to date someone of lower class as you.