Traditional gender roles may be a thing of the past as today more women are given the right to employment. Today, in the modern society, men and women can be considered to have equal status in the working world. Women are slowly climbing up the social ladder and have the ability to achieve what men can too. In Singapore, two third of the country's family population consist of both the man and woman working to support the family. However, women must still fulfill the responsibility of taking care of her family in terms of their emotional and mental state as well as their well-being. If the woman fails to balance both her work life and family life, she is most likely to be condemned for failing her responsibility to take good care of the family. This is even when she also has a part to play in bringing back income for the family. Hence, it is argued that the role of the women has not been changed but merely expanded.
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Traditional gender roles may be a thing of the past as today more women are given the right to employment.
ReplyDeleteYou need to explain why you highlight the change today: what was it like in the past?
However, women must still fulfill the responsibility of taking care of her family in terms of their emotional and mental state as well as their well-being
be more explicit here: how is this a traditional gender role? who expects women to fulfil this role and men to fulfil another role?
gd use of signposting.