What sorts of cultural expectations about how to speak and behave do American women face?

Question

Also, do you think women in your generation largely follow these cultural expectations, or are such expectations and practices changing?

Answer 1

Very few. Since women-firsters have continued to push for total female license (though of course they call it "equality") there are very few things a woman cannot get away with.

- Women now smoke, drink and take mind-altering substances more than men.

- Anecdotally, women use more crude language than men (no hard data on this however)

-Virtually all activities women undertake are considered "empowering". If a woman wants to sleep around, it is empowering. If she wants to not engage in sexual activity, it is empowering. If she tries out for a traditionally male job it is empower as hell, and so on.

I would submit that there are virtually no expectations for a woman to meet as she has no responsibilities. Even murder is permissible as all a woman need do is claim she was either scared or "angry" (Ms. Bobbit springs to mind)

Answer 2

Cultural "expectations and practices" are constantly changing, everywhere and all the time. They evolve, as language evolves (language being a product of culture). We are using words today that we didn't use 10 years ago. Correspondingly, words drop out of common useage. Even the meaning of words can change when the context in which they are used changes. Culture is not stagnant; set in stone. Rather, it is dynamic; a ongoing ever-changing "process".

Answer 3

I suggest you ask the Americans that by going here.....