Reflection 8

Although women suffrage was over, their suffering still continued. During the 1950’s and 60’s, a woman’s main job was to be a housewife. In fact, when filling out forms they put in the occupation “Housewife” as their job. Something that many men didn’t know was how exhausting it is to be a housewife. A lot of the time housewives are under pressure because they are expected to have the laundry done, groceries in the fridge, a warm meal cooked, clean house, after dinner she must wash all the dishes and big heavy pots with no help because that’s her “duty”. Their dreams of becoming something more than just a housewife is crushed at a very young age. Women are taught as little girls to fulfill one major task in life, which is to get a man and to keep him. Find a man with great wealth, a career that can support you and the five children she will have. Everyone has to deal with homework and all the bad ups that come with it. Men never have to worry about maintaining the house because they know their wife will get everything done. In Modern society, the ideology has changed completely. Nowadays men and women live together for years without being married to one another. There are very few housewives at home, it’s actually rare to see a housewife unless she is on maternity leave. Women are chasing after their dreams and conquering the world. Single women have more sex than married women and have more of a social life because they are not busy with married life chores. Women can do what a man does, society just has to get used to this idea. 

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