Gender roles place in society today
The overt expression of attitudes that indicate to others the degree of your maleness or femaleness; "your gender role is the public expression of your gender identity". Gender identity has and will always be a significant idea in society. Going back to the 1920’s when the “flappers” made a change that paved a path for today 's society, starting with the difference of appeal alone, with the short hair, shorter skirts, and makeup. Even though you decide what reputation you want to have, initially humanity has already picked it for you. Being a male or female has always had stereotypes for who does what; females cook and clean, males work and fix things. This idea has even been to the point of very specific to those examples earlier in time. Now though, we are able to break some of the chains and play the some of the roles of the other gender. Although traditional gender roles do still exist today, the restrictiveness of their limits have been expanded and changed over history 's course. During the 1920’s the women 's “fight for women 's suffrage” was a big deal. A group of women came together around the time of the civil war trying to focus on social issues and women 's right to vote. The law had already been changed for the voting age to become 18 since the average death age in the war was 19. This happened because the soldiers believed they deserved the chance to vote for who 's deciding to send them to death, not to long after the NWSA oped the 15 amendment because it disclosed women. So, the 19 amendment decided that discriminating against sex for voting purposes was no longer allowed . Also during this time women had just started to work and make their own money, only because their husband was gone to war and they had to have a source of income. Although, other than this, for the most part women still stayed home and cooked, cleaned, took care fo the children, and looked pretty. While the men went to work, war, or fixed things (History). One of the biggest ideas as to gender roles allowing and disallowing certain things even still today is workplace jobs. In earlier times the women were suppose to stay home clean the house, cook the dinner, and tend to the children. Not to mention when the husband/father came home she then does all the same for him. These strict rules at the time allowed for only the men to make income, causing the wife and children left to fully rely on him for the money supply. Women were not allowed to have jobs, own their own land, or make an income suitable to support herself. So the men had full range to their money, and freedom if they …show more content…
Most of the time the cheerleaders are female and the player male, because the fear of sexist discrimination. Although, recently a 13 year old girl, Mo’ne sweet, rebelled against the stereotypical boundary between girl and boy sports. She was one of the very first girls to join a boys little league team which at the time had a “no girls” policy. Eventually though she ended up being the lead pitcher changing thoughts of the sport for many. One of the big reasons this was such a big deal was because she was colored. Very rarely do we get a colored female to break the chain of schedule because of their cultures past. Mo’ne became known as the “game changer” and beat the odds shocking the nation around her . This was a very bold move which made her become a role model around the world to many, but not exactly to the older fellas who didn 't like change. This was something difficult for the world to accept since she had to prove the “can and can 't” factors to be wrong. Such as girls not being as fast as boys or boys not thinking things through like girls. Although we do still have sports leaning towards girls such as volleyball and football for boys, we do now have boys cheering, girls playing baseball, and boys and girls running track together
The overt expression of attitudes that indicate to others the degree of your maleness or femaleness; "your gender role is the public expression of your gender identity". Gender identity has and will always be a significant idea in society. Going back to the 1920’s when the “flappers” made a change that paved a path for today 's society, starting with the difference of appeal alone, with the short hair, shorter skirts, and makeup. Even though you decide what reputation you want to have, initially humanity has already picked it for you. Being a male or female has always had stereotypes for who does what; females cook and clean, males work and fix things. This idea has even been to the point of very specific to those examples earlier in time. Now though, we are able to break some of the chains and play the some of the roles of the other gender. Although traditional gender roles do still exist today, the restrictiveness of their limits have been expanded and changed over history 's course. During the 1920’s the women 's “fight for women 's suffrage” was a big deal. A group of women came together around the time of the civil war trying to focus on social issues and women 's right to vote. The law had already been changed for the voting age to become 18 since the average death age in the war was 19. This happened because the soldiers believed they deserved the chance to vote for who 's deciding to send them to death, not to long after the NWSA oped the 15 amendment because it disclosed women. So, the 19 amendment decided that discriminating against sex for voting purposes was no longer allowed . Also during this time women had just started to work and make their own money, only because their husband was gone to war and they had to have a source of income. Although, other than this, for the most part women still stayed home and cooked, cleaned, took care fo the children, and looked pretty. While the men went to work, war, or fixed things (History). One of the biggest ideas as to gender roles allowing and disallowing certain things even still today is workplace jobs. In earlier times the women were suppose to stay home clean the house, cook the dinner, and tend to the children. Not to mention when the husband/father came home she then does all the same for him. These strict rules at the time allowed for only the men to make income, causing the wife and children left to fully rely on him for the money supply. Women were not allowed to have jobs, own their own land, or make an income suitable to support herself. So the men had full range to their money, and freedom if they …show more content…
Most of the time the cheerleaders are female and the player male, because the fear of sexist discrimination. Although, recently a 13 year old girl, Mo’ne sweet, rebelled against the stereotypical boundary between girl and boy sports. She was one of the very first girls to join a boys little league team which at the time had a “no girls” policy. Eventually though she ended up being the lead pitcher changing thoughts of the sport for many. One of the big reasons this was such a big deal was because she was colored. Very rarely do we get a colored female to break the chain of schedule because of their cultures past. Mo’ne became known as the “game changer” and beat the odds shocking the nation around her . This was a very bold move which made her become a role model around the world to many, but not exactly to the older fellas who didn 't like change. This was something difficult for the world to accept since she had to prove the “can and can 't” factors to be wrong. Such as girls not being as fast as boys or boys not thinking things through like girls. Although we do still have sports leaning towards girls such as volleyball and football for boys, we do now have boys cheering, girls playing baseball, and boys and girls running track together