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Gender Role Equality in Parenting

Polls on Gender equality in Parenting

1950's and 1960's

The Change

  • Pressure on men/women
  • Family Decisions
  • Expectations of men
  • Portrayal of women
  • Growing up

  • 1977 VS 1994, two out of every three Americans believed that it was better for the man to support the family outside the home while the woman was to take care of the family and home
  • In a 2010 Pew poll, 72 percent of both women and men between eighteen and twenty-nine agreed that the best marriage is one in which husband and wife both work
  • Actual Equality?

  • Challenges

  • New Pressure

  • Fatherly impact

Conclusion

Works Cited

With change come negative aspects

Women today are more equal to men in gender roles as parents than they ever were before

Overall positive for both men and women

Although parenting is more difficult, there are more opportunities for both men and women as parents

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