Joshua Guillen Elchlepp English 101 6-30-13 My Family vs. The Nuclear Family During the 1950’s‚ the ideal American family consisted of a homemaker mother‚ a breadwinner father‚ and a few children who all lived in a house in the suburbs. The family was generally of Christian faith. The father would be the sole provider who goes to work all day to make money to buy the families necessities while the mother would stay home all day‚ taking care of the kids‚ prepare food‚ and
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Rosie the Riveter was a fictional character that was created to encourage women to join the work force during World War II. Men were sent off to war and they left production jobs‚ factory jobs‚ and many other positions that needed to be filled. Unprecedented numbers of women entered the world of work‚ marking the beginning of a major movement of women in industry. The United States on the Eve of World War II: In December 1941‚ the United States’ economy was still recovering from the hard-hitting
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very upsetting to say that women are given these basic stereotypes‚ and if they do not are automatically judged‚ or misunderstood by others. Women are given requirements for their physical appearance‚ they are given responsibilities to remain the homemaker in the set up of households‚ and also viewers of media have been informed that women are dependent on men and weak. No matter where it takes place people are constantly‚ someone is being judged based
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much more. As single women who worked jobs married‚ they dropped their paying occupations to work as wives and mothers. They were immersed in the “cult of domesticity”‚ which became a widespread cultural creed. It glorified the functions of the homemaker‚ where women commandeered immense moral power. From here they would make decisions that would forever change the characteristics of American families. Love became a major factor in choosing a spouse‚ where previously parental choice was. Although
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A. Background of the Study Body odour (esp.‚ foot odour) is the body’s unpleasant smell that is caused by bacteria. The main cause of this is foot sweat. Actually‚ sweat itself is odourless‚ but it creates a beneficial environment for certain bacteria to grow and produce bad-smelling substances. These bacteria are naturally present on our skin as part of the human flora. More smell is created with factors that cause more sweating such as wearing shoes and socks with inadequate air ventilation for
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working a blue collar‚ labor intensive job for an extremely long shift‚ men have a lot of pressure to hold up their families in the “poor” and lower social classes. Men are expected to work physically severe jobs while women were expected to be homemakers and good mothers. Middle classes‚ however‚ have a different view on genders’ career paths. Both genders‚ in this day and age‚ are expected to attend college and follow a career path of some kind. Although once settled down and married‚ women sometimes
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attitude. We should offer home economics courses and encourage every student to enroll in them. The most important reason for expanding our curriculum in this area is that everyone‚ both male and female‚ is a potential homemaker. As Nick Rhoton‚ the 1993 president of the Future Homemakers of America‚ has said‚ "Home economics isn’t just a class; it shows how to live in your society." Social and economic trends make it increasingly likely that both partners in a marriage will hold jobs and will participate
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in society since the 1950s? How have things not changed? Since the 1950s‚ roles have changed in respect to how women were viewed in society. The film Mona Lisa Smile depicts the traditional ideology of a woman’s role in society as a domestic homemaker as well as the new idea of an educated woman. Education was utilised to teach respectable women how to prepare for marriage‚ tending a house and raising a family rather than to develop a career outside the home. For example‚ Wellesley offered an
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from taking on roles of religious leadership but even the religions have been giving thought on altering their ideologies to accommodate feminism. Judaism‚ Christianity‚ and Islam share a commonality by describing the role of a woman to be of a homemaker‚ which is greatly challenged by modern society. The primary role of a Jewish woman is to focus on becoming a good mother‚ wife‚ and keeper of the household. Before the rise of modernism‚ women depended on men economically unless they inherited
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Marriage and Culture A Courting Disaster Coontz‚ S. (2005). Marriage a history: How love conquered marriage It took only 25 years to undo the homemaker/breadwinner marriage system that took 150 years to perfect. Some people say that the sixties and seventies started a new marital system for the better‚ and some think it was the downfall of society. Divorce rated exploded‚ premarital sex was normal‚ having babies out of wedlock‚ and the gender roles diminished. One view of this transformation
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