Gender Roles 2

This blog will be about gender roles as well. I will be taking bit of information that I found to be informative as well as useful to make a point. This information comes from the article The Rise of Wives written by Gwen Parkes. She states plain and simply that women are on the rise of being independent and self sufficient.

She first cites a study that says, "researchers have found that in 1 out of 5 marriages women are more educated and earn more money than their husbands". I think that this ideology that woman are not on the same level as men is insane and am personally glad to hear of such statistics. 


This same article points of that this new trend has its upside for men too. It states that there are benefits for the man in a relationship for having a female partner who is both economically stable and educated.  The three reasons for such a trend are given in the text are as follows," 1. Roles within marriages have changed, 2. Economic Factors, 3. Strides in Education".   With a two income family, roles have changed in the family. With this extra money, families are more stable during these tough economic times.  The education factor is just a win for both males and females, since we all benefit from higher education.


So although the author of the " The Rise of Wives" might think that since gender roles are reversing, that women in fact are rising. I think that this type of thinking would only look down on the man, so I suggest that this title should be, " The Rise of the Family". Because although the woman benefits directly, it is the family that will be better off in the long run. This title also puts the male and female on the same level. 


This check out this article for yourself please visit:   http://jobs.aol.com/articles/2010/01/20/the-rise-of-wives/ 

Gender Roles 1

           This first blogs ideas on gender roles will come from the essay by Judy Brady titled I Want a Wife. Since this article was written in the 1970's, the idea of the independent woman was in its infancy or early teens. The main premise behind I Want a Wife, in my opinion, is the fact that the role of "wife" can be played by anyone, and the role does not have to be defined by a woman in normal traditional sense.
            What made this article so powerful was the fact that, Brady, herself was a wife who had children. She pondered in self meditation, what it would be like if she herself had a wife. She wanted the benefits that come along with a stay at home mother, as per tradition in the early to mid 20th century. She goes on to list the benifits that she felt come along with a  having a "wife". All of which seemed to fit her arrangement.
              I also thought that it was very interesting in the fact that she never names the "wife" type as female. Another big movement of the time, was that of the homosexual community. They wanted equal rights and wanted to have families of same manner without prejudice. So if we were to take anything from Judy Brady's essay, we could in fact assume that it is alright for a wife of traditional sense to have a wife. And if that statement can be true, so can the statement that a "wife" does not have to a female. 

Very interesting essay with lots of food for thought.
                        

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Hello, my name is Joe Anderson Itzin. I am 23 soon to be 24 year old Native American man!! I am from the Oneida nation of Wisconsin. That is also where I was born but have been raised here in the cities for the majority of my life.

A bit of background information on me is that I enjoy being in school and learning. I have attended the U of Arizona, ITT Technical Institute for Computerized Aided Drafting and Design. I was one semester away from that degree, but instead I am here at MCTC to get some core classes so that I am able to transfer to the U of Minnesota to study either biomedical or civil engineering. I look forward to being in this class and hope that we all can have a great semester.