Jessica Burge
Dr. Rider
LL 350
11/04/2014
Gender Roles in the Whilhelmine Period Germany was known as a country of many of things before world war one but many people remember the drastic change in gender roles pre-world war one and post-world war one. I have found multiple sources that have described the roles, which both men women and children followed. It might even surprise someone how different grown women and men's gender roles were different from the children gender roles. The definition of gender role is a theoretical construct involving a set of social and behavioral norms that within a specific culture, are widely considered to be socially appropriate for individuals of a specific sex (Oxforddictionaries.com). During the Whilhelmine time period gender roles started out to be very traditional and eventually became more modern. We will see a difference in gender roles depending on the culture, the region, religion, and so …show more content…
The noble women have responsibilities around their home that consisted of minding the servants, making sure that the servants minded the children, how they presented themselves in front of others, and their physical appearance. Noblemen have responsibilities such as politics, civic duties, and they typically work white collar jobs and not blue collar work. Though because of everyone moving to the city for work, there was not enough jobs for everyone. For most household the women were the only providers, and the men would still not contribute much to help out their working wives, because they were ’upset’ that they could not work and that their wives did. Also, since there were factories certain hand trades started to lose their value. For example, a hand weaver could not keep up with textile factories, since they were faster and cheaper. So tradesmen were becoming unemployed not only because of low supply of jobs but because their jobs were going
Dr. Rider
LL 350
11/04/2014
Gender Roles in the Whilhelmine Period Germany was known as a country of many of things before world war one but many people remember the drastic change in gender roles pre-world war one and post-world war one. I have found multiple sources that have described the roles, which both men women and children followed. It might even surprise someone how different grown women and men's gender roles were different from the children gender roles. The definition of gender role is a theoretical construct involving a set of social and behavioral norms that within a specific culture, are widely considered to be socially appropriate for individuals of a specific sex (Oxforddictionaries.com). During the Whilhelmine time period gender roles started out to be very traditional and eventually became more modern. We will see a difference in gender roles depending on the culture, the region, religion, and so …show more content…
The noble women have responsibilities around their home that consisted of minding the servants, making sure that the servants minded the children, how they presented themselves in front of others, and their physical appearance. Noblemen have responsibilities such as politics, civic duties, and they typically work white collar jobs and not blue collar work. Though because of everyone moving to the city for work, there was not enough jobs for everyone. For most household the women were the only providers, and the men would still not contribute much to help out their working wives, because they were ’upset’ that they could not work and that their wives did. Also, since there were factories certain hand trades started to lose their value. For example, a hand weaver could not keep up with textile factories, since they were faster and cheaper. So tradesmen were becoming unemployed not only because of low supply of jobs but because their jobs were going