A topic of conversation that keeps coming up with some of my colleagues is gender roles and how they are changing. In society in general, gender roles are definitely changing in many areas. The military was once off limits for women, now they recently enacted the ability for women to engage in combat at every level, including become Navy Seals and Army Special Forces. In a … [Read more...]
“That’s A Mans Job”: 3 Scenarios Where We Need To Rethink Gender Roles
I get it!! It’s 2013 and gender roles have become more blurry. There is sometimes a power struggle that ensues between a couple; independent, successful women may find difficulty in letting a “man be a man,” especially if that woman is the main breadwinner. For some reason , I'm hearing of more tug of wars and competitions in marriages and relationships instead of more … [Read more...]
“Help” Versus “Doing Your Fair Share”
by Tara Pringle Jefferson In my Family Theories class last semester, our professor made it a point to address the underlying assumptions about gender roles we were harboring. Several of us in the class were married women and we would begin to talk about our husbands and families during the course of the discussion. Frequently we would begin our conversations with … [Read more...]
Gender Roles Discussed on The Monique Show
Hat tip to the Curvy Girls Chronicle where we found this video. Do you agree with the discussion? … [Read more...]