Women at home
Even today, being a woman itself is a disadvantage in most contemporary society. As a woman, we are not allowed to "make the first move" on men, or we would have been seen as easy. A single woman with power in a company is likely to be laughed at for being too unfeminine to be liked by any man. A single woman is always pressured to find herself a man and settle down, even if that is not what she wants. It is often assumed that women need to feel secure and a woman who does not marry is deemed to be daring insecurity. However, finding a man and settling down may be the worst decision she will ever make, for it would change her life forever and not necessarily for the better. I will show by describing the life of married women in general that marriage is indeed one of the most oppressive institutions for contemporary women. This may not be true of the life of every married woman, although I believe it does apply to many. Housework has always been thought of as the work of women for many years now. This is a role assigned to women by society because of their sex. We have from the time of our birth been guided towards roles designated for our particular sexes by parents, teachers, our peers, the media and even the law. It is som
The search for a job is, for a woman, much more difficult than if she were a man. Firstly, women are less likely to have studied science, engineering or computers and thus the type of jobs they are capable of doing are narrowed. And even if a woman applies for a job for which she possesses all the necessary qualifications, if a man with the same qualifications were to apply for the job, chances are that the man would get it. Women who entered paid work are always expected to get married eventually and "settle down". As such, employers tend to be prejudice against employing women workers for the fear of having to take the trouble to re-employ workers when they leave to get married or give birth. The problems or discriminations do not merely end there when a woman finds a job. In many jobs, women still suffer discrimination in terms of wages and promotional opportunities, not to mention sexual harassment in some cases. Thus, a woman in the working world would have to take all these problems in her stride to survive. Alternatively, she could seek refuge in marriage and escape from the harsh conditions of paid employment. However, a woman who does this might just be running into a more lethal trap. 10) A Game and R Pringle (1983) Gender at Work "What great man would have accomplished what he did if he had to do his own housework?". (Feminist Frameworks, 1984) family" Thetford Press Ltd, London. 6) Marilyn Waring (1993) Counting for Nothing "Prologue" and "A woman's
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Approximate Word count = 3178
Approximate Pages = 13 (250 words per page double spaced)
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