Saturday, November 29, 2014

men and women.

In this week’s class we discussed women. What, how or if women should even have really a stereotype. We cannot say that women are treated as equal as men because its obvious that we are not. The question overall is asking how should women be looked at in comparison to men? For example in the 50’s women were known as simply the homemakers, women would cook, clean, take care of children and look fabulous doing it. Also in the fifties people strived for the “white-picket fence” or the “American dream”. Another example of stereotyped women are different cultures, for Muslim women are treated extremely different then women in America. One thing stays the same in these example men are still stereotyped to be the “dominant” and “supporter” in the relationship. In 2014, women are for the most part are allowed to do anything a man can do, or can they. Yes, a woman can work in the judicial system or a woman can be a plumber. Even know a woman can do all the things a man can do they don’t get the same respect or most of the time even the same pay. In today’s society what do we do or how do we describe women in comparison to men?

In my opinion when it comes to jobs it should be simply the qualification and skilled the worker is to determine the pay. It might also depend on the relationship who is the more dominant person, there are relationship where the woman is more dominant and also makes more money. Then to the conclusion is really just based on the eyes of the beholder. I am all for women’s right but at the same time I still want a dominant man who can take care of me at the same time, buts that’s what I want. Some people just have different views on what or how a woman should act just

2 comments:

  1. Shelbie, I believe that gender inequality is so much more than who can take care of who in a relationship. There are many ways that women are exploited in todays society; this same society expects women to work a 9-5 but also carry out the majority of domestic activities. This is just one example of the many ways women are oppressed by males and females alike.

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  2. Something interesting that relates to Miriam's comment is the rate of depression and unhappiness in women in comparison to measure in the 70's.
    I want to leave a link to a New York Times article online that addresses the concerning downward slop in women's happiness in spite of the social progress made. It seems counter-intuitive that though our country has objectively made strides in supporting womens' right to be socially and economically equal to men, women are generally reporting to be less happy as a whole.
    http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/26/opinion/26douthat.html
    Of course, It would be crazy to suggest that empowering women leads to their unhappiness. Like Miriam mentioned, there are many variables that contribute to the stress that women feel.

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