Changing Gender Roles In The United States

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Yes, women are still at risk. It’s because global still has a kind of privilege for men. The feminization of poverty also has increased recently. It means that the groups most at risk of poverty are single mothers and their dependent children. It’s related to the high divorce rate and limited income earning potential of their own. Even the system of society changed and women’s participation in the workforce increased, they need to be devoted not only work, but also the role of wives and mothers. Therefore, it leads to overwork, overburden, exhaustion, and frustration for women.
I think the reason that Sernau wrote that globally, is to show that the all problems are connected to the present situation all over the world.

Yes, gender roles in the U.S. have totally changed the role between men and women. The changes brought about a tendency to marry later or the people who do not marry. Therefore; it leads to the declining number of children.
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While some men adapt to this situation and nurture their children, many others don’t help them. Moreover, because of the automation in industry and mechanization in agriculture, a lot of men have been fired. They tend to feel that they are no longer needed or respected, and become despondent, drunk, or violent. Such a thing occurs a lot in developing countries in particular. Therefore, I guess that the countries need to make the system which encourages the working women. To make this, the developed countries which have their factory there, must raise the basic wage. Also the men need to change their ways of thinking and try to do their best to nurture their children (Sernau, 2012, p.

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