Response To Women's Equality

The responses given in the interview summaries, colored individuals who are male, have their eyes set on marriage. Judging from the samples, the respondent’s responses and other sources related to women’s equality, these male students believe in equality in genders. These students, set a goal to get married at some point of their lives. Most of the student’s expectations are to get married in their late twenties or early thirties. Based on the summaries, students career comes before marriage. It’s preferred to be financially stable before entering a marriage. Having children is a necessity to my peers and this only comes after marriage. Men always dominated women inside and outside of households, but now women have a choice on what she wants …show more content…
Some of the students expect their future wives to be in the workforce to accumulate more wealth for the family. In the Unfinished Revolution, Rosanna Hertz states that dual-earner homes, “are more equal than others” (113). Having two breadwinners in the household are ways to help create an egalitarian relationship. Women’s role in the workforce makes them more independent while having something to do other than having the option to just stay home. According to Gerson, “Women have their own choices now. They can choose to be dependent on a man and be home and be a housewife. Or they could choose to have an education, their own life, and make whatever they want of it themselves” (125). Some women prefer to follow the traditional household norms and be the housewife some men desire. Other women rather join the workforce and/or have some other hobby to do rather than just at home. Some male students don’t mind taking turns watching the kids. Taking turns on who watches the kids, balances the power relations between Husband and Wife. children in their early stages of life need a huge amount of time that’s dedicated to them. This puts a lot of strain on a parent so it’s always better to have parents switching in and out. Education is always a good thing for women because it’s what makes them more knowledgeable human beings. Naila Kabeer’s mentions in her article, Gender equality and women’s empowerment, “One way of thinking about power is in terms of the ability to make choices. To be disempowered means to be denied choice…” denied choice is like gender domination. If a woman is denied a choice of what she wants to do, this has already placed a hierarchy in gender. Woman having freedom of choice gives them a higher status. Having options available to them, give them more room to breathe and more choices to choose from. Gerson points out that women