WOMEN TODAY
WOMEN TODAYAlthough America is an ever-changing country some things never change. Within many years women have fought through countess barriers yet haven’t gotten too far from the original stereotypes of them. The conventional gender identities shape women in present society, while creating a war within the women whether to be ideal feminine and motherly, or sophisticated corporate and selfish.
In present day society women work, take care of house and children. They go throw what seems to be an endless day. According to Allen in current times women “suffer from the societal conflicts caused by having to identify with two hopelessly opposed cultural definitions of women” (525) These two definitions are at a constant battle with each other and bring problems to the women fighting the battle. The primary conflict lies in what is the true identity of a typical women in our society. In the present time women are allowed to be aggressive, assertive, fight for what they believe in and are not afraid of men. This view is in a battle with the traditional values of women.
In the traditional white society women use to be very passive. Generation to generation they passed down different cultural traditions like in the article by Jamaica Kincaid “Girl”. this is...
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