Women In The Workforce: A Social Analysis

Single women have always been stigmatized in society as those who may be undesirable: the crazy cat ladies, those not suited to romantic relationships, the odd ones out, and etcetera. These stigmas developed due to the need to be taken care of, which women developed when they were shut out of the work force and assigned the role of “the homemaker.” However, with this new shift in the socioeconomic structure we may need to re-evaluate our views on the topic, as women have now begun to dominate the work force. With a slow start during WWII—when women were brought into the workforce to replace the men that were fighting overseas at the time—the number of jobs occupied by women has continued to increase each year.
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Instead, I believe they just represent how the change in the economy has affected “partnering” differently in different parts of our society. Where some men may see a powerful and successful woman as a threat or an unwelcome divergence from what they view as normal socioeconomic roles, others may see an opportunity, or an equal. Then in other parts of society it may be the women who fail to see the majority of the men around them as equals, and instead may even see them as liabilities. Historically it wasn’t a question of roles when deciding who in the family worked and who didn’t, instead it was a given that it was both the men and women who worked together to sustain their family. So the discussions, as well as, the perceived threat of women in the workplace seem a bit misplaced.
Unfortunately, women’s entering into careers has caused problems in some ways, but the most prominent damage done, seems to be the damage done to the male ego. And what woman wants to marry a man with a bruised ego, or a man who is unwilling to adapt to the changing needs of their society. In the end being single is a choice, but here’s the question. Who—man or woman—will be the one making the decision in the