Throughout many decades women have been struggling to be equal to men, both at home and in the work place. Women have come a long way and are certainly fighting to gain that equality, but gender roles are very important in our society. They have become important in life from birth, and society continues to push these gender roles. The treatment of the male gender is very different from that of the female, and this issue has become very important to me, as a woman. As children we learn and adapt to specific gender roles, and as we grow they become more evident and more important to our role in a society. There is a lot of discrimination against the female gender. Because of this discrimination, social mobility has been difficult, but is definitely changing to benefit women.
Women of the late 20th century are fighting more to end the discrimination, and a lot has improved. But women are still looked down upon in society, and men still have the power. I believe that this issue is important, not only to myself, but to everyone. It is an issue that affects everyone, and people have to realize that women are stronger, smarter and involved with the world much more than they were a half a century ago. The controversy with this issue however, is that many people don't believe that women belong in high-powered positions. Many men believe that women aren't aggressive enough and strong enough to handle the sometimes-high pressure that comes with some positions. Others believe that women are better off taking the traditional gender role and staying home to take care of the family and household chores. Men only do 20 to 30 percent of the housework, and this is the expectation of many people on society today. This same controversy is not only seen in the United States, but in Europe, Asia and Africa as well.
Finding information about women and their place in society was very simple. The Internet has been a very useful source for information, and a quick source at that.
