However, some women joined the work force and would do jobs that men previously had held. Some were not forced to, but they had to work as hard as they could to support their families during this difficult time. In contrast, the writer Norman Cousins commented that there was a negative opinion on the women’s presence in the workforce despite women willing to acquire a living wage. He also stated in his book that the federal government proscribed holding government jobs by both members of a married couple, and many localities stopped hiring women whose husbands with a minimum wage (Cousins 1939). Another aspect of the Depression affecting life of women was the moral argument against working-women.
As the former role was commonly seen as more valuable than the latter, this often meant that the husband held most of the power, such as deciding where they would live, how resources were distributed, etc. In theory, the distribution of power in the relationship has shifted due to both the integration of women into the workforce and the emergence of the “new man” who does a fair share of domestic labour. However, this is not necessarily borne out by the evidence. Dryden (1999) studied 17 married couples and found that women still do the vast majority of housework. 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.
When they were married all of their belongings would go to the husband and they were then expected to stay at home and do the housework, when the men would be out working. If women tried to get into politics they would be accused of neglecting their families. As of this more women started to chose getting a job rather than getting married, they faced unequal pay and dreadful working conditions. It was seen that women didn’t need the vote as their husbands, brothers and fathers made the decision on their behalf. The women Chartists that had supported men to get the vote felt very let down.
The first obstacle was about the tradition in Western family. In those families of past Western, females had been considered as the property of the males in their family for example fathers and husbands. Men, who were living in that century, believed that women were created to serve men; therefore, women were kept always from school. As a result, women were rarely to have a chance to learn anything about art, so they were hard to become artists. According to the book “Women, Art, and Society”, men can achieve nobility because they are good in art, but women can only be allowed to practice act when she was of noble birth.
Had to wait a whole life to change classes, which made people work hard at their own class to achieve a better class in the next life. Body CD 3B: Women considered equal to men in Hinduism. At times, mothers are even more honored than fathers. So, Hinduism does not cause a patriarchal society. Body TS C/C: Confucianism and Hinduism both had a sort of caste system, but other than that they did not have many other similarities.
In the Gupta society, the women also were forced to be much more trapped than in any other societies. Families who preserved their families honor by protecting the girls virginity, ultimately would ensure a good husband, from a better family then their own. Girls were also kept confined and unsocial which Clay explains when she writes, " ... it was perceived that young brides could be more easily socialized to remain docile and loyal to their husbands and in-laws, even in abusive situations"(Clay 71). This trend of women now being kept away only for her husband seems unfathomable, but for many young girls it was their
Changes in Marriage Marriage is traditionally dominated by the men while the society expects the women to submit in all forms. In the late 1800s, women were not expected to show their displeasure in any way in their marriages. People, indeed, considered marriage as the “happy-ever-after.” Being an independent widow, Kate Chopin decided to voice on behalf of the women of those times by writing stories concerning how women felt confined and suppressed both spiritually and sexually in their marriage. The general society during that period did not give room for women to be open-minded. Major socio-demographic change, however, have taken place over the last two centuries and has significantly brought changes to the institution of marriage.
When Islam first started to spread over the Arabian Penninsula, the original ideology put forth by Muhammad stayed intact because he was very involved in the initial empire building. However, once he passed away and the empire grew much larger than before, these ideas started to change to fit the regional identities of conquered natives. For example, as Islam spread into India, Anatolia, Spain, and West Africa, the inhabitants kept their original beliefs, but added Muslim elements, such as parts of their language and cultural habits. In sum, Islam went from being adopted wholly by the people it conquered, to eventually only being partially adopted and integrated into other belief
Impact of Islam The impact of Islam in most cases was positive for the growth of these civilizations. In India Islam enriched the culture and learning. In Africa Islam revealed the power, the religion, and its commercial and sometimes military attributes. Islam arrived the Indian and African regions in the early centuries. Political changes were increased, new religious, economic, and political patterns were constructed by the Islamic surge, but there was still great diversity.
Specifically, it was brought about by the frequency of war. For most of history, the life span of a man was much shorter than that of a woman since only males fought in battles, and conducted the hunts. Polygamy was instituted by the spiritual elements within indigenous societies to ensure each woman would have access to a male mate, regardless of the imbalance in the population. One purpose is to ensure all children are brought up in households with a male and female present. It was also thought to be important for all women to have a sexual outlet.