As a child, I was taught that we take history classes so that we don't repeat it. In Skolnick's article, she covers revolutions of the 60s and 70s. She starts off by talking about a big scandal of the 1960s it involves that "limiting" a women's rights. Back then the government tried to put a limit on a woman's rights, in today's society the government still tries to limit them. For instance, the recent rape case with the Stanford student, he got to go free while the girl has to live with his heinous actions. Similarly how Linda Leclair was put on trial and almost got kicked out of school while her boyfriend was never charged. In similar rape cases around the country, women are being blamed for dressing too "slutty" or drinking too much. These
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"In the early 1960s, with most families, apparently fitting the image of breadwinner/housewife and children, the traditional family structure seemed an unquestionable fact of life "(8). This means that the father was always the sole provider for the family. While it was the wife's job to take care of the house and the children. This was the definition of a normal household in the early 1960s but Skolnick goes on to talk about how the family structure begins to shift. She mentions the family patterns that were once seen as deviants, such as working mothers premarital sex and divorce, began to affect a majority of the population. All of those "deviant" patterns have now become the norm in our society and just like the men and women of the sixties shifted their culture, we seek to do the same. For instance, people are getting married later much later in this generation than in the previous ones. Women no longer want to be housewives they are pursuing their careers even if it means becoming a mother later. Women can also be the breadwinners in the relationship. Fathers want paternal leave so they can take part in raising their child as well. Men no longer think that raising a child is women's job. People of this generation are breaking the ideals of the past to be even more
"In the early 1960s, with most families, apparently fitting the image of breadwinner/housewife and children, the traditional family structure seemed an unquestionable fact of life "(8). This means that the father was always the sole provider for the family. While it was the wife's job to take care of the house and the children. This was the definition of a normal household in the early 1960s but Skolnick goes on to talk about how the family structure begins to shift. She mentions the family patterns that were once seen as deviants, such as working mothers premarital sex and divorce, began to affect a majority of the population. All of those "deviant" patterns have now become the norm in our society and just like the men and women of the sixties shifted their culture, we seek to do the same. For instance, people are getting married later much later in this generation than in the previous ones. Women no longer want to be housewives they are pursuing their careers even if it means becoming a mother later. Women can also be the breadwinners in the relationship. Fathers want paternal leave so they can take part in raising their child as well. Men no longer think that raising a child is women's job. People of this generation are breaking the ideals of the past to be even more