Week 13 Post 2

I really enjoyed reading about family skills in Chapter 21. It wasn’t until this chapter that I realized how differently women were treated in the past when it came to work as well as household chores. In the past, there were select occupations for women (Berger, p. 600). Unfortunately, when a woman would apply for a particular occupation she took a chance of being turned down just because she was a woman. However, luckily this stereotype of what jobs women and men should have has greatly changed over the years. More and more women are now being seen as equals in the workforce. Similarly, women have also made a changed in their roles in the household over the years. In the past, women were either seen as “just a housewife” or as “nonworking mom”. In addition to that, women were responsible for doing what is called women’s work. This meant that women were responsible for all of the caregiving and domestic chores around the house (Berger, p. 600). Fortunately, our cultural view of this situation is slowly changing and people are beginning to realize that both the women as well as the men should equally help do the chores around the house. As a young woman, I think it is great that our society is beginning to value the talents and skills of women more. I believe that women will be very beneficial to different parts of the workforce. I also think that since more men will be helping around the house they will be able to get more involved in their child’s life and be able to develop a closer relationship with their child.