Non Traditional Roles Essay

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Being Accepted in Non Traditional Roles As far as we have come today, and we have come far, there are still many difficulties for men and women when living or working in a nontraditional role. A lot of times there are still many stigmas faced by these ‘non-traditional’ people. As I alluded to in the first line though, it is getting better and I believe it will continue to get better. There is always the trouble of being accepted by others in a nontraditional role. I believe, especially so for men. Men traditionally are supposed to be “manly” men, the breadwinners. They are looked at like less of a man when they do not fill these roles. You don’t hear of many male babysitters, or nannies and that’s because there are just some jobs that you cannot see a man in yet. It is getting better though. Men are more regularly accepted in such roles as nurses and flight attendants. Also, stay at home dads are on the rise, and although they are not completely accepted, they are becoming more and more accepted as time passes. As far as woman being accepted in nontraditional roles go, although I said I think men have it worse, I by no means think that woman have it easy. The traditional role for woman is the nice stay at home wife, the prize wife. Almost an …show more content…
This is one area where I believe there will always be some holdouts. Some men will never think it is ok to just be a stay at home dad. Just as some woman will never believe it is ok to “abandon” there child at home and leave him to be raised by the father. Just like in Beyond the Cult of Fatherhood the husband seems almost bitter about his role and unwilling to admit what he actual is, a stay at home dad and the wife who is the main breadwinner is almost unable to admit she is not the main caregiver of the child and that her husband may know

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