Government Gender Roles

I was born in May of 1996. During this time, there were major advances in technology. In January of 1996, Motorola released the first flip phone(CITE). Before this, phones were much bigger and bulkier. This was a big step in technology and it only continued to advance. Phones have continued to get smaller and have more functions. Today, people are dependent on their cell phone. Cell phones are not only used to talk on the phone, but are used to browse the internet, send emails, and a variety of other tasks. Many people no longer have a land line in their home and only use a cell phone as their main source of communication. Also, in this year, the Ravens had their first season in the NFL. The Cleveland Brown’s moved to Maryland in February. Baltimore had been without a football team for a while, so the Ravens starting created a great amount of pride within the city and continues to today. During the summer of 1996, the Summer Olympics were held in Atlanta, Georgia. And finally in the end of 1996, Bill Clinton made Madeleine Albright the first female secretary of state(CITE). This has changed the United States government because now it is not surprising to see women in the government or other positions that would have been typically thought of as male roles. …show more content…
At my school, there was a before and after school care that parents could sign their kids up for. Even though there were many working mothers, they still maintained the traditional roles of a mother. Though the working moms could not volunteer in the classroom like some of the stay at home moms could, they were still there to drop off and pick up the kids. It seemed that in my community, the mothers fixed their schedules around the kids more than the fathers. In most families, both parents worked, but the mothers made it possible to attend more school events and continued to have the traditional mother