“SEPARATE SPHERES” AND THEIR EXISTENCE TODAY
Tomas Kirklin
HIST 120 Women in U.S. History
November 3, 2016
In the early to mid nineteenth-century, the ideology of “separate spheres” came into existence and polarized the places of women and her sphere comprised of home and family, essentially the private home life, and men who’s “sphere” comprised of work and politics, essentially the public aspect of life. Women were to embody the virtues of domesticity, piety, purity, and submissiveness while Men were expected to embody aggression, competitiveness, and rationality. In modern day united states, we have begun to see this spheres become less enforced and prevalent. But even still, in some ways we still continue to see gender …show more content…
And if we look at the mother through the eyes of another mother who stays at home, she see this other mother who strays away from the stay-at-home mom routine as lower than she is and not caring to much about her children which is wrong for both sides. Typically the man is supposed to be the breadwinner still, but women are encouraged to do so as well, but more and more often, because we are humans who adapt well to new situations, we are getting used to working from home. Now a mother or father can be the breadwinners, but at the same time who is to say that just because they are home, they are playing their role as a male or female. The internet age has changed dramatically what a woman can or cannot do, or vice versa what a man can or cannot do. There are now more online jobs than there was a couple of years …show more content…
If we look at a woman magazine, we can see clearly that it is still trying to get women to be a certain way and perhaps fit into a certain sphere so that they can look younger and perhaps attract “prince charming”. The magazine “New Beauty” has headline such as: 20 minutes to a better body, the truth about cellulite and how to get rid of it forever, and five anti-agers that really work. All of these headline are enticing the woman to women to continue to work on their bodies and look good and young so that perhaps I speculate be a better mate someday to your future husband or become better looking for. While a man’s magazine on the other hand looks more into the “men” things a men should be doing and caring about. In Men’s Health magazine, the magazine has headers such as: Success without stress 11 secret money strategies, strong and fit trim the fat in just days, and 1,785 best ever health, fitness, sex, style, and nutrition tips. All of these headline are aiming to tell men that they are the bread winners so here is how you can make money, this is how you can look better and this is how you can have sex better. Men are being encouraged to be “manly” and take control of the family life we all
Tomas Kirklin
HIST 120 Women in U.S. History
November 3, 2016
In the early to mid nineteenth-century, the ideology of “separate spheres” came into existence and polarized the places of women and her sphere comprised of home and family, essentially the private home life, and men who’s “sphere” comprised of work and politics, essentially the public aspect of life. Women were to embody the virtues of domesticity, piety, purity, and submissiveness while Men were expected to embody aggression, competitiveness, and rationality. In modern day united states, we have begun to see this spheres become less enforced and prevalent. But even still, in some ways we still continue to see gender …show more content…
And if we look at the mother through the eyes of another mother who stays at home, she see this other mother who strays away from the stay-at-home mom routine as lower than she is and not caring to much about her children which is wrong for both sides. Typically the man is supposed to be the breadwinner still, but women are encouraged to do so as well, but more and more often, because we are humans who adapt well to new situations, we are getting used to working from home. Now a mother or father can be the breadwinners, but at the same time who is to say that just because they are home, they are playing their role as a male or female. The internet age has changed dramatically what a woman can or cannot do, or vice versa what a man can or cannot do. There are now more online jobs than there was a couple of years …show more content…
If we look at a woman magazine, we can see clearly that it is still trying to get women to be a certain way and perhaps fit into a certain sphere so that they can look younger and perhaps attract “prince charming”. The magazine “New Beauty” has headline such as: 20 minutes to a better body, the truth about cellulite and how to get rid of it forever, and five anti-agers that really work. All of these headline are enticing the woman to women to continue to work on their bodies and look good and young so that perhaps I speculate be a better mate someday to your future husband or become better looking for. While a man’s magazine on the other hand looks more into the “men” things a men should be doing and caring about. In Men’s Health magazine, the magazine has headers such as: Success without stress 11 secret money strategies, strong and fit trim the fat in just days, and 1,785 best ever health, fitness, sex, style, and nutrition tips. All of these headline are aiming to tell men that they are the bread winners so here is how you can make money, this is how you can look better and this is how you can have sex better. Men are being encouraged to be “manly” and take control of the family life we all