The Development Of Gender Roles

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by Ta'Mara Kebreau0 views·Updated May 13, 2022
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  1. I did my
  2. passion project over the development of gender rules
  3. over time.
  4. So of course the first question you should be asking yourself is what is general
  5. and
  6. Webster dictionary describes young girls, has
  7. the roles
  8. or behaviors learned by a person
  9. has
  10. appropriate to their gender determined by
  11. the cultural norms.
  12. And then
  13. we have some examples of gender roles
  14. being
  15. for females
  16. not being aggressive, being dependent
  17. easily influenced
  18. passive home orientated,
  19. talkative,
  20. et cetera. And for men
  21. being aggressive, independent,
  22. not easily influenced,
  23. active worldly, etcetera,
  24. tough.
  25. And so
  26. now we move on into
  27. The roles. Throughout the years.
  28. In the 1920s,
  29. women were expected to just raise Children and
  30. contribute in
  31. small ways to society
  32. where all men were expected to work.
  33. And when there was a war towards the end of the 20s,
  34. there were expected to
  35. go to war and so that they can provide for their families
  36. that we're back home.
  37. Um
  38. And
  39. that is when we started to see women going to
  40. work in factory jobs as well during this time,
  41. because
  42. there are men in the societies were at war.
  43. And so someone had to continue the daily upkeep of the society itself.
  44. Next moving on into
  45. Um the 1940s, we see generals becoming very clear
  46. and distinct.
  47. Um So men were still at war because we were at World War Two
  48. and they were and if you were not where you were
  49. working to provide for your family and there was an expectation of
  50. being this cold and distant figure in the household
  51. and in society
  52. that basically meant that men weren't allowed to show emotions,
  53. whereas women were expected to be kind sweet and like
  54. very like caring and nurturing
  55. and
  56. they did mostly like dismiss domestic service jobs if they were working,
  57. because at this time, not all women were working.
  58. Um
  59. and so
  60. it was very much just about taking care of the Children in the home for the women.
  61. While the men were focused on providing
  62. financial support for their families
  63. Moving into the 1960s,
  64. we see gender roles develop again
  65. to where
  66. women are more into the workforce
  67. and they are expected to get married and find someone to settle down in,
  68. but they are still doing those domestic type, nurturing type jobs
  69. when looking at the workforce area
  70. and then men were still expected to be providers,
  71. but it was a little more
  72. socially acceptable for them to be
  73. slightly more nurturing towards those around them and their families and
  74. the people that they were there, but they were not like caretakers,
  75. they weren't taking care of the house, they were just
  76. Not has cold in the 1960s,
  77. yep.
  78. Then
  79. in the 1980s,
  80. um
  81. there was a very
  82. drastic switch back
  83. To where a lot of people wanted
  84. to go back to that 1920s style
  85. and have it to where men were the breadwinners
  86. and women were the caretakers,
  87. which did not work out well.
  88. Um
  89. moving forward into the
  90. timeline, but it was a social
  91. debate
  92. at that time.
  93. And then moving into more current Times 22 thousands,
  94. we see
  95. that there isn't
  96. I want for women to balance working
  97. and having a family.
  98. And so the expectation is that women are working,
  99. but that they're also taking care of their kids and the house and all of that
  100. upkeep
  101. while men were expected to work.
  102. And that was kind of like the main expectation.
  103. But then
  104. it was socially acceptable for them to help the family unit
  105. if they chose to be a part of that unit.
  106. But it was also okay for men to choose not to have families,
  107. whereas women were expected to have families during this time.
  108. And so that is my timeline of the development of gender roles.
  109. Thank you for listening.
  110. Have a great day.