Gender Roles By Katherine Lewis Summary

In the article “How are Gender Roles Changing in the U.S. Reports Finds Gender Roles Converging Among Young Americans” by Katherine Lewis, the author talks about how gender roles have shifted over the years and what interest different genders and groups within genders. “Looking at women under 29 in 1992, 78 percent of childless women versus 60 percent of mothers wanted more responsibility. That flipped-flopped in 2008, with only 66 percent of child-free women and 69 percent of younger mothers wanting higher-responsibility jobs” (Lewis). Gender roles can be exhibited by different people in different ways. Lewis shows this by explaining how mothers want more responsibility in their jobs and in lives. Men have also shown a change in gender roles,