Expectations Of Women In Society

American society expects a lot, especially if you are a woman. Over the past century, women have progressed quite far from being forced to believe that their only place was in the house to becoming near equals to their male counterparts. However, many expectations have not changed for a woman. Despite more women becoming independent and supporting themselves through their own lives, society continues to shove the ideas of what a woman should be like. Whether some women agree to follow these or not, they are still placed on them throughout their entire lives. Women must face the expectations placed upon them by American society that they must get married and follow the man, have a family and be the sole caretakers of their families, and live up to the standards of beauty. Women are constantly bombarded with the idea that one day they will find a man who will take care of them and who they will follow once they become married. Maintained throughout history is the idea that women are to answer …show more content…
Through the use of childhood toys, girls are given an expectation at a young age of what they should look like. These expectations usually illustrate rather unrealistic beauty standards that carry on through their lives. The media in many ways make women feel that they should be trying to live up to the portrayal of women that they are selling. These representations illustrate that a woman should be tall, thin, and have clear skin by retouching every image (Are). However, the average woman may not fulfill to these expectations, and are being constantly reminded that they do not by the ubiquitous images of models being used to portray what should be the “average” woman. These expectations of a woman’s body further illustrate how American society continuously brings the burden on women to live up to the impractical idea of