Do you think gender roles allmost non existant in the modern world ?

Question

except for parenthood of course

Answer 1

I think they are still in existence but they seem to be fading. But they have not disappeared yet. I don't know if they ever really will. We may see cycles in the future from generation to generation.

Answer 2

In Russia, the majority of medical doctors are women so it has ceased to have status. As a result men no longer see it as impressive, so the salary shrinks.

In this country the title 'Doctor' (that is phD or MD) is accepted as unisex, but 'nurse' lags behind and the media sell papers headlining: "nurse kills mother', when the nurse is male. Some spendid women are Brigadiers, Commanders and ships & airline captains.

Everybody who read "The Perfect Storm" remembers Linda Greenlaw - captain of the swordfishing boat. It was left unmentioned that she wasn't the widow of an old sea-dog, when the other fishermen appealed to her for supplies when they ran out of food and cigarettes. Linda was in her twenties, beautiful and modest. She just had to be downsized in that macho senario?

But where the big money is made, there are few women - no women traders among the big swinging dix earning bonuses of £5m because THERE, the glass ceiling is a very, very thick layer of men. Greenpeace, on the other hand say that half the figures in the inflatables risking death on behalf of minke whales are women. Slowly everything is giving women a chance - mostly because they are not as greedy or pushy as males.

The rarified air of the corner office for the salaryman, is a closed book to the bottom-feeders, but women ARE doing very well up there. They say it's because they are brighter and not so confrontational as men, they are more interested in cooperating with colleagues, so company managers prefer them - they are easier to work with than some beady-eyed geek with his eye on the top job.

Answer 3

except for parenthood of course. Do you live under a rock.

Your statement would be better said EXCEPT for pregnancy.

Anybody can be a parent. That does not automatically make them a good one.

Men and women can be the best parents or the worst. As statistics show, the worst type of environment/PARENTHOOD is in a SINGLE MOTHER house hold.

The rock has been lifted, but me thinks you will put it straight back on.

Answer 4

"modern world" well there are still clearly distinctive cultures out there. It is not a completely global culture we live in, not just yet but it might be some day.As for the different cultures of today, there are still very clearly marked differences between gender roles, specially in the most conservative ones.Even in so called modernized or "developed world" cultures of the day, there are differences in the roles of women and men.So maybe you should read a little more about this world you live in it's people, different regions,and the cultures that make up planet earth and contemporary human civilization. i just hope this helps.

Answer 5

They are alive and well in my life...thank goodness! I am a woman, and very proud of that fact. I don't feel oppressed or condescended to as I cook dinner every evening. I love to cook. And after a lifetime of career building, I am grateful for the opportunity to stay at home and care for house. It doesn't belittle me and I certainly don't feel like a second class citizen! I spent most of my life supporting myself and being solely responsible for all the finances and household duties. I am now happy to have a husband - a traditional kind - who assumes the role of heavy lifter and all the outside chores - while I happily do laundry, cook and clean.

I have not lost my way, nor have I lost who I am and what importance I hold in this life. I don't feel the need to go out and bust balls in order to prove I am equal. I am equal in every conceivable way, and I have just chosen to live the rest of my life in a traditional role.

Answer 6

I think they are very much alive.

Not two years ago a place that I worked at I kept being told not to lift anything heavy because I would hurt my back and wouldn't be able to have children and my husband would have an affair with a woman that would give them kids.

It is still widely believed that the man is meant to be the bread winner, he's supposed to be strong and stoic while women are supposed to be the nuturers and caretakers.

Answer 7

I think gender roles are still in existence in many places in the world. It is becoming less as time goes by though, because many of the rolls either men or women took on in the past are being taken over by the invention of machines. Washing machines and dishwashers in the home and power-saws and lawnmowers outside. All can be operated by men or women.

Answer 8

No, I don't think they are, unfortunately.
There are many countries that still have strict gender role patterns. And even in the west not all is well.
Girls are still discouraged from some jobs, and if they do go through with it they just find themselves working in a male bastio, constantly reminded of how "un-traditional" they are. Women wtill do most of the housework in most households - while doing a dayjob too. I don't count housework under parenting.

Answer 9

Why except parenthood from gender roles?
It is the one most important thing in a child's life.

Answer 10

I think our culture is in a state of gender role confusion, and has been for the last 40 years, and prudent people often avoid the issue of gender altogether. People tend to either sublimate their gender -- like the librarian with the bowl cut and the unisex wardrobe; "Pat" -- or to be gender advertisements and cartoons -- like almost any young female celeb you can name: Paris Hilton, Britney, etc.

It's pretty sad. I guess this is the fate of gender roles in postmodern culture.

Answer 11

Kind of in that it is not so much expected these days that the stereotyples will be followed - there are still enough biological differences to make men in generally more capable than women in some matters and vice versa. It's more acceptable to be shades of grey rather than a girly girl or a macho man.