Female’s Family Role and Social Change

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1、Female’sFamilyRoleandSocialChangeWomenhavelongbeenregardedasindispensablemembersinthefamilyTraditionally，motherhasbeenassociatedwithchild—rearingandchildcaremorethanhasthefather．Thetraditionaldivisionoflaborhasthedomesticroles(housekeeping，childcareandchildsocializatio

2、n)asthemajordomainofthewife—mother，andtheproviderroleastheprimaryactivityandresponsibilityofthehusband—father．ThetraditionalgenderroledivisionsinthefamilyhavedeterminedthatmarriageandfamilylifeareofgreatsignificancetoAmericanwomen．Intheoldsocietyofworld,women,ingeneral

3、,wereinferiortomen.Women’sfirstobligationwastotakecareofthewholefamily’sdailylife.Theydidcooking,washingandcleaning,andmadeclothesandshoes.Amoreimportanttaskwastobringupthechildren.Intheoldsocietyofworld,women,ingeneral,wereinferiortomen.Women’sfirstobligationwastotake

4、careofthewholefamily’sdailylife.Theydidcooking,washingandcleaning,andmadeclothesandshoes.Amoreimportanttaskwastobringupthechildren.Modernwomenhavetheirownbusiness,notjuststayhomelaundry,cooking,andkids,notjustblindlyfollowtheman'swords.Inmodernsociety,womenareequaltome

5、n.Althoughsomediscriminationtowomenexistsinthesociety,inmostcaseswomenaretreatedequallyasmen.Manyopportunitiesareopentowomen.Womencanstriveforarichlifethroughhereffort.Womenareplayinganincreasinglyimportantroleinoursociety.Inmanycountries,moreandmorewomenareactingaswor

6、kers,farmers,scientistsandevenleaders.Withthechangesintheirsocialrole,women’spositionintheirfamilyhasalsobeenimprovedaswell.Marriageismuchmoreoftheirownchoice.Husbandandwifearenowequalinthefamily.Theycopewithproblemsofdailylifetogetherandsharehappinesswitheachother.And

7、whyAmericanwomencanimprovetheirstatus.Therearetwomainreasons:oneistheexteriorcause(suchascapitalistproductiveforce,bourgeoisideology;theeffortsofthegovernmentandnon-governmentorganizations;theguidefromsomeliterarywork),andanotheristheinteriorcause(women’sself-awareness

8、;women’semancipationmovementandhelpfromeducation).Ithinkwomen'schangingroleinsocietyisdividedintothreestages:Thefirst