It has come to my attention that women are making significant climbs on the corporate ladder. Therefore, we now want the same things just in a different order. For example, lets say twenty years ago it was typical for women to want marriage and a family before a career; that is if career was in the equation at all. Now it has become the norm for women to want a career before marriage and a family. This change happened, I can presume, came after women got more opportunities to do the things we never had before. As role models women have stepped up and taken control. It came out of nowhere actually. Who would have guessed that Oprah Winfrey's career and popularity would have taken such a dramatic turn? There are others but I'll leave you to stick with the women that you think made a huge contribution to the ways things have become.
This slow climb in the corporate ladder has not only affected women but men as well. It is becoming more common for men to want a family before a career and in some cases to even be a stay at home father. I don't want to make that sound repulsive but I've never seen so many men willing to adopt the domestic role before. It's kind of new to me! That is also not to say that anyone going outside the norm is bizarre, I noticed the change and I think it's kind of nice. I wonder what's next....
Although I can't think of too many men who want to be stay at home father, you're definitely right about how gender roles are changing. It'll be interesting to see what the average family is like by the time we're old.
ReplyDeleteI'm in a class Sociology 30 and its family studies and we always talk about things like this and read articles and it is something just interesting that has changed in our nation.
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