Gender Roles History Essay

Gender role have changed dramatically over the course of history because more women have become independent and have not leaned on men 's support as much. Also men have taken responsibilities on that most people saw as a woman 's role. Another thing is women have been doing more and bringing themselves up in work, family and education wise so they are bettering themselves and not living in the original gender roles. Although there has been changes in gender roles there are still moments in history when the gender roles haven’t changed because women still get payed less but are still seen as people that should run the house and take care of the kids. Womens have been seen more in the workforce more and they “make up almost half of the U.S. …show more content…
Married men see it as having “more choices” (source 4). The men see it as an opportunity because they don’t “necessarily have to go into a career they’re not interested just to be the breadwinner, just to be the wage earner”(source 4). Men see this as a way to better their lives and not have to just get a job so they can financially support their family because they feel that they can do more than just support a family and earn money. Also men feel that there has been a change in the “Male Sex Role” (source 1). They feel that their role as a man has changed and they don 't need to follow the same rules as before because things have changed. Men don’t want to be characterized in the gender roles as well they want to be able to more than what they are usually seen as. In Much Ado About Nothing Claudio says,” In mine eye she is the sweetest lady that ever I looked on” (page, 16 William Shakespeare). Claudio is showing emotion and in the “Male Sex Role” they are not allowed to show emotions but Claudio does and most of the men 's don 't want to be characterized in the “Male Sex Role” because they want to be able to express themselves like claudio did about his feeling towards