In present day gender roles are more equal and fair. Women and men of all races, and ethnicities are now getting treated more equally. Men and women in the 1980s were more likely than in the 1960s to agree that it is appropriate for wives to have their own careers, that employed women can be good mothers, that husbands should do more housework and childcare, and that wives should have an equal say in making important family decisions (Amato 58). Masculine roles are usually associated with courage, strength, and dominance, while feminine roles are associated with apathy, nurturing, and submission. The model American families in the past consisted of a homemaker mother, several children, and a breadwinner father. Throughout the years the models
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Women were then portrayed as weak, but now some of those weaknesses are considered strengths. Housewives were influenced in tremendous ways, thanks to ladies like Marylin Monroe, and Lucille Ball. Marylin Monroe was the biggest sex symbols in America at that time, and women wanted to imitate her in order to grab male’s attention. The actress Lucille Ball was the typical 50s housewife in the show "I Love Lucy". Lucy stood up for herself, was independent, did not let her husband control her, nor let anyone tell her what to do. The role of her character stood for what women dreamed of. Since the 1950s, gender roles have become more flexible. Women gender roles now include high power careers while men’s gender now includes domestic life. Gender roles have advanced, but there is still room for growth. Gender roles have not only progressed for men, and women, but also in the LGBT community. LGBT stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people. Along with heterosexuals they describe people's sexual orientation or gender identity. People’s gender roles are no longer limited to a person’s sex. Today’s society allows for an increase level of gender flexibility. To a certain extent, men can now assume some roles that were once considered women gender roles, and women can assume some men’s gender roles without serious repercussions. Moving forward, people of different genders dream of a place where
Women were then portrayed as weak, but now some of those weaknesses are considered strengths. Housewives were influenced in tremendous ways, thanks to ladies like Marylin Monroe, and Lucille Ball. Marylin Monroe was the biggest sex symbols in America at that time, and women wanted to imitate her in order to grab male’s attention. The actress Lucille Ball was the typical 50s housewife in the show "I Love Lucy". Lucy stood up for herself, was independent, did not let her husband control her, nor let anyone tell her what to do. The role of her character stood for what women dreamed of. Since the 1950s, gender roles have become more flexible. Women gender roles now include high power careers while men’s gender now includes domestic life. Gender roles have advanced, but there is still room for growth. Gender roles have not only progressed for men, and women, but also in the LGBT community. LGBT stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people. Along with heterosexuals they describe people's sexual orientation or gender identity. People’s gender roles are no longer limited to a person’s sex. Today’s society allows for an increase level of gender flexibility. To a certain extent, men can now assume some roles that were once considered women gender roles, and women can assume some men’s gender roles without serious repercussions. Moving forward, people of different genders dream of a place where