It appears to be an ideal time for a woman to live in America. Legal barriers to work have almost been eliminated, and attitudes toward women seem to reflect cultural appreciation of their needs and abilities. However, there are indications that females are presented with conflicting images with work while simultaneously stressing over traditional feminine roles, especially marriage and motherhood. Traditionally, women have primarily been the workers of their own home. For centuries, it was the men who worked jobs to make money and the women who remained at home to raise the children and fulfill the household duties. It is clear that more women are working due to feminism but also due to economic pressures. Has the transformation of women into the workplace changed the gender roles of the household over time? Women are asking for more help from their husbands. Married couples and their kids should share household chores.
I don’t ever remember sitting down and saying, “You do this, I’ll do that …” It just evolved. My husband and I work full time but I go to school part-time, so our situation is a bit skewed. I like to cook, but if I’m tired he putters around in the kitchen and cooks about 20% of the time. He washes dishes, I put them away. He does laundry, I’ll scrub bathrooms. The basic rule in our house is “if it offends you, clean it up.”— but neither complains if the other does it! I handle bill paying, and make arrangements for repairs and maintenance. And neither one of us would even THINK of buying a piece of furniture without the other’s input — for one thing, if it’s not comfortable for both of us, why bother?
Marriage is the union of two people voluntarily entered into for life. While Cohabitating is a living arrangement in which an unmarried couple live together in a long-term relationship that resembles a marriage. Ten people were interviewed: five females and five males. All ten people work for the same company; four from the Biology Lab, five from...