The main focus of this article is whether or not gender roles have changed significantly in the modern world. The article examines how men and women’s roles are more alike than ever in the household as well as the work place. It seems as if now a days women are putting themselves into the role of superwoman: wife, mother, and career woman. The question this article raises is, where does that leave the men?
“We don’t really know which way the current recession is going to affect relationships between men and women-whether men are going to step up to the plate and become much more involved in housework and parenting or whether they’re going to do what other studies have shown them to do-which is try to express their masculinity by doing even less,” says therapist Joshua Coleman. For centuries men have been the bread-winner and women have been the head parent and homemaker. Now that women are adapting to take on more roles can men adapt to take on different ones? Is the fact that women are becoming more well-rounded people hurting the male psyche and ego irreversibly? Or can these gender stereotypes be erased and everyone just do an equal share to keep the modern family running? Hopefully this generation of superwomen bringing home the bacon and frying in the pan only encourages men to be supermen as well.
-Submitted by Erin Farr
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