Homemaker

During the mid 1900’s, when this article titled “I Want a Wife” was published in New York, a wife’s role in a marriage was to take care of the house work and their children. Judy Brady writes this article to shine light on the fact that wives should not be obligated to do certain “wife” task. She also makes it clear that many wives want more independence from their stereotypical duties that they are “supposed” to do. Brady begins her essay by explaining that she “wants a wife.” In role…

labor market. The traditional role of homemaker has been challenged by women across the nation as their labor force participation has steadily increased over the decades. Whether it be part time, full time or at home, women are working much more than they used to, and this has led to conflicts both at home and the workplace about how to find the perfect balance between family and work life. Long gone are the days when the traditional breadwinner vs. homemaker family model predominated in our…

Terry and Michael Pierce have been married 7 years. They have three children together, and feel as though their life is very stable and structured to fit their family. Some people do not always agree with Terry and Michaels choices of how they live. Terry works full time at big law firm downtown and Michael stays at home with the girls. Terry doesn’t pay attention to the comments her coworkers express to her anymore. She use to get worked up when they would tell her “He is not a real man.” Or…

According to Jane Marcellus, “Unoriginal ideas multiplied without thought, stereotypes limit our ability to see people, things, and ideas in nuanced ways” (“Stereotypes in Advertising” 125). For decades, America has been known as the land of opportunity, and now, more than ever, Americans live by the motto that stereotypes are meant to be broken: Women are CEOs of some of the most influential and successful companies in the world, 50-year-olds are giving birth to their first child, a black man…

Within our family we each take the part of several functional roles. For myself, the primary role is the parental role in which I provide my children with guidance, support, and expectations to raise them to the best of my ability. This role allows me to share my values and beliefs with my children, teach them responsibility, and model for them appropriate behaviors. Furthermore, the parental role requires me to be a scheduler, transporter, and a tutored for my children. Through this role I make…

The Francisco’s have been a couple for twenty-seven years. The couple got engaged after dating for about two years, and they got married three months later. Mrs. Francisco is in her late forty’s she works in a company doing manual labor. Mr. Francisco is in early fifty’s and he owns his own landscaping company. The couple has five children, four daughters who are 25,24,23,20 and a son who is 15. The Francisco’s are my parents. They spend their free time with their grandchild and they enjoy…

The successful and controversial play Les Belles Soeurs written by Michel Tremblay, explores restrictions of the constricting values of 1960’s Quebec on women. This play has been translated into 20 languages, allowing it to be performed all over the world (larevolutiontranquille). This play’s success lies in its relatability. The play unveils a universal truth: all cultures have some form of limitation. This truth is evidenced through Tremblay’s female characters, all of whom are constricted in…

For as long as I can remember, in my household, my parents were very traditional. My mother stayed home and looked after the kids, cleaned the house and my father went to work to provide for the family. After the course of observing, I have discovered how things maybe have not changed as much as we think they have. Through my findings, I have seen the stigma of “women staying home and doing housework and men work” in my experience. Although women like to believe we have advanced from difficult…

I believe that the colonial women picked Native Americans customs over the English because the Native Americans women had more privilege then the women in the colonial times. They were also more cherished by their adopted families and given more rights. The first reason that Mary Cole is a great example because she didn’t get the same treatment has her brothers have gotten. While her brothers were learning how to read, write, and do sums; however her and her youngest sister Elizabeth was…

Gender roles are stereotypes of what a certain gender should behave as like how males are masculine, dumb and tough while females are dainty, smart and are usually shown in need of a man’s help. Gender roles have become prominent in television shows like sitcoms. The stereotypes in sitcoms are that the man is dumb, hopeless and prioritized things like beer and sports while the women were shown as perfect housewives that are smarter than the husband and prioritized things like family.…