To what extent are traditional gender
roles changing?
There is
clearly an evolution in both of the gender roles in almost every aspect. The
most obvious change is that women are getting more jobs. It is traditionally considered
that men are the breadwinners whereas women take care of the household and
children. Statistics prove that there is a big change in this regard
considering that back in 1950 only 25% of the women were part of the American
workforce whereas it is predicted that by 20150 about 47% of the workforce will
be made up of women.
Is there such this as a new man?
To a certain
extent, yes, because there’s no doubt that women are becoming more liberal but
this isn’t changing the man that always used to be; aggressive, independent and
in general self-reliant. I do agree however that some things in a male are
changing such as they have become so much more metro-sexual and there are more
exposed homosexuals than ever before.
Is there a new
femininity which is more assertive and less dependent on men?
Yes, I do believe
that women are becoming less dependent on men however I don’t exactly agree
that women are more assertive than men. This point can be looked at from many
angels. Physically men are clearly the dominant ones but then again, more females
go to college than men, proving that they are strong-willed.
To what
extent is there a crisis in male masculinity?
I
do agree that there is a male crisis to a noticeable extent but not something
that men should be anxious about. Men are in danger in a sense that we’re
losing our traditional roles such as being the breadwinners of the family but
looking at it globally, men are still by far the dominant income producers.
According to ‘The telegraph’ news paper, they state that ‘Between January and
March this year, there were 40,000 fewer women looking after the family or
home, bringing the total number in this category to 2.063m’ This figure is equivalent
to nothing compared to the entire population.
