Thin, tall, properly proportioned, long slightly curled hair, serving tea, and, as always, wearing pink. This is what I think of when I think of a common housewife. It must have been nice- staying at home, cooking, cleaning, having/raising children. Even though it was probably nice to be able to stay at home, I realize that it was a lot of work and I definitely wouldn't want to do it. I could never imagine that being the extent of my working career but some people would like that.
But nowadays we have women that have a MUCH more prominent role in society. Almost all moms are working moms and kids go to daycare or stay with a relative while mom and dad are working. Not only are women working more, they have huge influences on society. Women such as Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin are making waves in a man's political world. I think it's so great that women are making so many advances in today's world because I've never been a girly type of girl and that's good with me.
I think it is also nice to see women taking on different roles in society. I was just thinking after class the other day about the roles of each sex in a biological and gender role sense. Women have babies, men do what? Are men just supposed to help women concieve or are we biologically programmed to help out? What your view of violence as a biproduct of masculinity?
ReplyDeleteI completely disagree with the thought that violence is a biproduct of masculinity mainly because most of the women in my family are far more aggressive and angry than the men, lol. My father, grandfather, brother, and boyfriend are all extremely calm and level headed. My grandmothers, moms and aunts on the other hand are quick to fire and sometimes rather irrational. So that brings up another question. If women are associated with a lot of emotions, why aren't we connected to violence and anger as well?
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