Women give your honest opinion, what do you really think about being liberated?

Question

I am glad we were for a very few reasons, but now it seems it may have caused more problems than it was worth......I am on the fence about it what do you think? I am stil very proud of what the women of that generation done for us, but sometime I get angry when I look at how backwards the world is today due to role reversal...

Answer 1

Although I agree completely that women must be able to stand on their own two feet, I still think that they should stay as what they are created for - to rule their home instead of ruling the world because most men cannot give the same kind of love, care and home education which is very important to the younger generation as women can.

Answer 2

Everyone that's said "there are no role reversals" is absolutely right. Again, you don't see a lot of men now staying home and taking on raising children and maintaining a household. And just because women now have more choice (be a stay at home mom, have a career, both) doesn't mean that women have taken on a "man's role"...that's implying that only men should naturally have such choices. I feel bad for women who really want to stay home with their children, and can't because of economic reasons (their families are dependent on the income), but what a lot of people don't seem to realize is that, since the industrial revolution, WOMEN HAVE ALWAYS WORKED. Poor women went right into the factories, along with men (and often their children) because the breakdown of the rural, farming communities. This forced many people into the cities to look for work, because they could no longer support their families on farming (there is a lot more to this, but for brevity's sake...) and once there, they realized they couldn't support their family on one income. So women worked, too. And this has been going on EVER SINCE people moved into big cities in large numbers, and is still going on today. The only thing that the women's movement did was give these women equal rights under the law, and force employers to pay women an equitable amount (since many worked right beside men, but were often paid less than half of what men made, for the same job.) Only the middle class could ever afford the luxury of a "stay at home" mom. However, it was not until the late 20th century that some realized that maybe women should have the "choice." That even IF she was "middle class" she should be able to work, as well, if she chose. I'm sorry for the long, drawn out "history lesson," but it seems that people often don't understand that there is a lot more to this phenomenon than appears (without some background knowledge) and that it has been going on a long, long time.

Answer 3

Are we even liberated yet? A lot of people still assume I'm a dumb girl up until I open my mouth. It's really irritating.

And I don't understand what you mean by role reversal and how it's causing problems. How have roles been reversed? My boyfriend doesn't stay at home all day and make me dinner...that's for damn sure. I'm interested to know what societal problems you feel are directly caused by more women entering the work force (I am forced to assume this is what you mean by "role reversal").

Answer 4

Our mothers and grandmothers and granmothers didn't have all the choices we did and asked themselves that all there is and so began the women's movement.
They fought to be recognized as persons and then to have the right to vote . Even though they did men's jobs during the world wars, women were expected to go back to being homemakers after it. They got a taste of liberation then and liked what they had.

No women will ever have it all, despite what the magazines try and tell you. There will always be discontent, wanting something they think others have they don't.

Women's liberation and that's such a 70s term, has allowed women to participate in sports if they so choose on a college or university level and be funded for it .

It has allowed women to make choices to marry and stay home or not , although econmics really makes most women go out and work not the feminist movement.

It has empowered women to run for government positons, though not nearly enough.

It's allowed women to become managers and ceos although that glass ceiling and male old boys networks are still alive and well and picking on women executives think the last two women ceos for hp.

The feminist movement has allowed women who don't want to marry and have children a place to feel like they're not pariahs because they don't want to be suzy homemaker.

It also has its down side in that encouraged women to do exploit themselves in magazines and in porn films and allowed young women like paris hilton, brittany sprears and lindsay lohan for example to act like sleazes and think it's ok and good.

The sexual revolution brought us more sexually transmitted diseases and promiscuous behaviour by younger and younger girls trying to emulate ho behaviour like the aforemention hilton, spears and lohan so that they are having children when they're still children themselves and missing out on innocence and being children.

All in all the feminist movement like any social movement has its pros and cons . It's not the end all and be all any more than the civil rights movement was.

Answer 5

You can live your life however you choose, that is the point of the feminist movement. You aren't born into a role, you get to decide what you will dedicate your life to. If you want to stay home and be a traditional mother, that's fine! If you want to have a paid work career and be more independent, that's fine too! Liberation is being able to choose. I don't think we can blame our society's problems solely on women being able to have an education and career, there are many more factors that have changed the way we live since the 50's or whenever people consider the 'good old days'. I think the industrial revolution is what changed families the most, moving to the cities and losing the close family ties that people used to share when living in small communities and being near eachother all the time. When husbands starting leaving the house (and farm) to work and have another life outside of their family, that's when trouble started. I don't think that the way families lived in the 50's was the "natural" or "right" way, I believe that farming communities are what humans are best suited for. Now that the majority of people live in urban or suburban areas, roles have been changing for decades. We are in a transition period that is probably unsettling to some people, but please don't let that convince you to denounce our freedom to choose the way we want to live our lives.

Answer 6

My family is and always has been very male dominated. Still, there was a balance to my family that does not exist today. Unfortunately the women’s movement has been credited with its demise. That is entirely a fallacy. Imagine my surprise when I was taught my entire life to grow up and become a devoted wife and mother, only to discover that men were not interested in that type of woman. My experience was that men preferred a more “independent” woman. I am not now and never have been a weak woman. However, I did have expectations to fulfill my feminine role as my mother and grandmothers before me. This is what I grew up knowing.

My father sweated blood to earn a living for our family working a typical 16-hour day of intense physical labor in horrible weather. Few men or women today are capable of the workload my parents accomplished on a daily basis. I know I could not do it, neither could my husband. My mother worked full time in a sewing factory and she was stead fast to tend to father and us children with great compassion and devotion. It was an amazing and equitable relationship they shared. He was able to work those deplorable hours and conditions because of the love and care she gave to him. Our family was a poor rural patriarchal family. Since at least WWII poor non- farm wives in this area have held jobs outside the home. It did not make their husbands feel less masculine. Roles were not reversed. At one point because of the newfound rights of women, my mother was able to compete with men for a management position. My parents received healthcare benefits for the first time in their lives. My father was able to have a life saving surgery because of the healthcare benefits her job provided. We also had something called “extra cash,” which they promptly began placing in a savings account for retirement. She is now deceased and he has since retired, as always, grateful for her contributions to the family.

The women’s movement did not reverse the roles of men and women. Greed did. That said, I am more grateful for the benefits of the movement towards the equitable treatment of women probably because I am older and remember women have not always shared the right to humane treatment. The women’s movement meant something different years ago. It was not about burning bras or taking over men’s roles. It meant having access to basic education, healthcare, employment and treatment under the law. It also meant not being considered your husband’s property. I am not willing to give up any of these rights. You might find yourself more grateful for the rights our mothers and grandmothers fought the system in order to give us if you were to speak with some of the older women who were alive when we did not have these rights.

Answer 7

I'm not really sure what you mean when you say that the world is backwards today because of role reversal? I agree that the world is a pretty messed up place today, but i don't know if the blame should be placed on women having more of a voice today than in the past. Just a clarification as well - we might have come a long way in comparison to our role as housewife in the 50's, but we have a LOOOONG way to go in terms of being liberated. Women are still being taken advantage of, abused, killed in their own homes, raped and of course still not making the same amount of money in terms of salary as their male counterparts.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

Such long answers! I think if we are expected to abide by men's laws, then we should have the right to vote and negotiate them. The world is backwards because the men's movement has not begun. Men have yet to really get in touch with themselves. I feel bad for men today because many times they are expected to play these masculine roles in society when they would rather be spending time with their own children . . .crying is still unacceptable for men, some men love to cook and are embarrassed about it unless it's a barbeque, etc . . ..

It's not right to deprive ANY person; male or female, of their talents or dreams just because of gender. Equality is not here yet, and it's not the women who are lacking.

Answer 10

Honestly, I wouldn't have made it this long if it wasn't for the women's lib movement. I'm an aspiring paleontologist - I love science, I love travel, I love intellectual discussion.... Were it not for 'women's lib', I'd be forced to swallow my intellectual leanings and my penchance for independant thought and I'd be shoved into the mother/housewife/companionforman'ssake role. It angers me beyond description to see women complaining about the 'role reversal'! There's no 'role reversal' going on: you don't see a majority of men staying at home and devoting their lives to domestic duties.... It would be more apt to say that gender roles are dissolving - people are slowly being allowed to make their own choices about who they are, society aside. You CANNOT blame women who desire and claim equality for the presumed moral backslide you see in our country. That's total rubbish. So because women want to be physicists and soldiers and surgeons, they're responsible for society's problems? Give me a freaking break!!!!! In direct response to your question - being liberated is the ONLY state that I can imagine tolerating for myself. You should be ashamed of yourself for this totally moronic complaint. If you want to be a housewife - that's your right .... because of women's lib. It's so ironic!! I seriously pity the women who don't realize the irony of their complaints about women's lib. .... seriously.



(And as for the whole 'calling to be full-time mother' deal ... Speak for yourself. I'm called to explore the past and expound upon evolutionary theory, not to raise a family. You can't apply your wants to every woman. I don't want the life you want. I'd feel utterly smothered by a full time mom position. No thanks. Stop attempting to graft your desires on everyone. It doesn't work that way..... Yours is an opinion. That is all.)

Answer 11

I have a great career and a wonderful husband and two great kids. I'm not really sure what you mean by the world being backwards because of role reversal. I am equal, I am a rational, thinking human being who is entitled to life as I choose, not in any kind of stereotype forced upon me by society. If a woman wants to stay at home, she is entitled to but don't try to force those of us who love our careers and lives back into the stone age. We have a right to choose. And what problems has it caused? What is your evidence for problems?

It is not role reversal, it is allowing woman to fulfill their potential. And in no way can it be blamed for the world's problems.