The industrialization had a beneficial effect in the economic and social status of women, because the fact that they were earning money outside the home changed the relationship between husbands and wives. It was that marriage became a partnership; childcare or domestic work, for example, was being shared. It had also had a beneficial effect because women increased the power of decide for themselves. Industrialization created new jobs for women and children. WOMEN AND FAMILY It was said that women had experienced family life.
There was a massive disruption of the industries in which women were mostly employed, such as dress-making and textiles. This, in the end, was actually a benefit. As war work became available, such as munitions factories, many of those women could now work in a higher paid job as well as do their part in the war effort. Women in the domestic services even left their jobs in order to work for higher paid jobs2. The first world war gave women more opportunity in the workplace as more occupations were open to them and the war also
They see the rise in the symmetrical family as a result of major social changes in the past century; changes in women position, including married women going out to work, geographical mobility, more couples living away from the communities in which they grew up. Additionally, Gershuny found that wives who worked full time did less domestic work and that the longer the wife had been in pain work, the more housework her husband was likely to do. However, the most important thing is that the roles of the husband and wife, although not identical, are more similar now then they
he wrote that woman only worked to make money not for personal freedom. after studying the era of industrial revolution in class and reading the two different points of view whether or not did the industrial revolution lead to a sexual revolution y totally agree with Edward shorter.employment opportunity impact woman's life economically, psychologically and socially. due to this woman had more freedom and a new perspective of sexuality. from edward shorter poin of view, the view about how woman being independent economically due to the industrial revolution led to a sexual revolution can be proven in several ways. it is a fact that illegitimacy rate period coincides with the period of industrialization.
Middle class women, in the Victorian era, were subordinate to their husbands and maintained a special role in the household and in the marriage. George Egerton wrote “A Cross Line” which details the adventure of a sexually liberated woman. In K. Douglas King’s “Lucretia,” Lucretia, a middle class housewife, feels unappreciated by her husband and leaves him for another man. In George Egerton’s and K. Douglas King’s short stories the main female characters are empowered to break free of the social and sexual norms and roles of Victorian era society, by doing this the characters liberate themselves and take control of their own lives. Lucretia, the housewife of husband John Burnett, feels unappreciated and taken for granted while she maintains the house and raises their children.
In this article, Esther Bott talks about the challenges of British women who migrated to Tenerife, in hopes of attaining self-improvement, better lifestyle, freedom, and identity. Bott stated, “Young British migrants to Tenerife can be discussed within a discourse of such incentives, with ideas around escape, self-improvement and status seeking – in other words, ideas to identify reproduction/management, often generated through ‘valorized’ forms of work – being key identifiable migration motives.” British women prefer to settle in Tenerife and work as a lap dancer because it has higher earning potential. Some British women chose to leave UK because of boredom, poor living standards, and lack of opportunity. The dancers ranged from age 17 to
From this vast pool, one of the most significant points in this time period was the rise of consumer culture through women within this timeline. The works of “Sister Carrie” by Theodore Dreiser, “Ladies of Labor, Girls of Adventure” by Nan Enstad and “The Century-of-Progress Expositions” by Robert Rydell each reflect a certain area of female consumerism within their writings. “Sister Carrie” demonstrates it through the eyes of the fictional character of Carrie and her first introduction to Chicago and consumer culture. “Ladies of Labor” reflects consumer culture through examples of women in the workplace and the evolution of clothing worn by women and its significance to them in relation to how consumerism did not make the women into radicals, but rather it helped shape their culture and their identities as both workers and political actors. Within “Sister Carrie”, consumer culture finds itself in the fictional turn of the 20th century at the hands of Carrie.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s literature is based on women’s issues. She wrote fiction mainly depicting her social ideas. In her works, she portrays women struggling to achieve personal autonomy, adapting to independence, and challenging accepted images of women. In her novel Women and Economics, Gilman argues that women need to change their identities in society in order to be equal to men and become part of the world’s evolution. In addition, her novel Herland depicts women at their true, full potential in roles equal to men.
This changed after the Civil War, giving women their right to speak up and become more like men. The role of many women had change from a homemaker to being able to provide for the family by either getting a job. In addition, they were starting to be allowed to have a voice. Not only were they allowed to go out and start getting jobs, but the right to vote was also starting to come out. Without the changing role of women, things that we have in everyday life as American’s could possibly not exist.
While equality as a general rule has become more prevalent in society there are still stereotypes that women are encouraged to follow. These stereotypes can stunt the social developmental growth of women. Still to this day women are considered the main caregivers in households and are frowned upon when this does not always prove to be the case. There are also still many stereotypes concerning how a woman should dress, look, and the jobs that they should hold in society. This thinking has caused much heartache for young women across the world and could be rectified by further studying the differences between men’s and women’s social development.