Friday, April 2, 2010
Differences
Woolf ‘s made a relevant argument about women having to fight for their rights as individuals. In that time I believe it is was a valid point, due to the fact that women were looked down upon and thought of as being incapable. If you take a look through out history you will see that being a woman was not enjoyable. Men and society would look down on women and see them as incompetent. They had far less opportunities than men in society and were only useful for taking care of the home. I don’t believe that being a woman who stays at home and cares for its needs speaks any less of her abilities. Taking care of the home is a stressful and hard thing to do. It is not only one thing that has to be done it’s a variety of things from cooking, cleaning, fixing, and caring for the family along with their unpredictable needs. Women have come so far now and have so many opportunities now a days that I believe that some women dread being the stay at home mom because they feel they deserve better. I myself would love to be a stay at home mom when I am older and caring for a family. I believe it would be one of the most enjoyable things for a women, yes, it may come along with its downsides but so does every other job. I cant find any better motivation than knowing that your actually there for your family. I believe that there is a great difference in providing for them, and actually being THERE to provide and care for them. I do believe that women are as capable as men but, I see that sometimes we as women get to caught up in our independence and get in over our head and try to do more than we should. We have different roles as women and have to realize that we are not always going to be able to do the things that men do, and vice versa. Men and women are made differently and women lack in some areas that men don’t and same goes for the men they can not do some of the things we women do. I do believe in equality and all that but, I think we have gone a little over board. We have crossed the line so far that women now a days are actually treating men the way that women were treated back in the days. Some women actually see men as lesser than and that is not right. I do believe that with time women have been given more opportunities but, we are also trying to take advantage. Rather than having the husband go out and provide, some families have the father staying home and the mother providing! With the economy I understand in some cases it is temporary and necessary but, outside of those circumstances it is not the best idea. Yes we are equal as men and women but we need to take in to account that we are made different along with different purposes, and rather than competing with one another to see who is “best” we should try to work together to get all around better results.
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I agree with what you were saying about how women who take on the role of stay at home moms are in no way less than others, I had a stay at home mom and it did seem that she did just as much as my dad did, if not more. I learned from her that there is nothing wrong with wanting to be career oriented or wanting to be a stay at home mom, like her I hope that at some point in my life I can be both. Before I was born she worked in a bank and as I got older she decided to become a stay at home mom and I think she valued both experiences equally. So I guess I learned from a young age that it is fine to be either and picking one over the other does not make you less than anyone else. I totally agree with you about the fact that women’s liberty might be going a little too far, it does seem like many women treat men as less then they are and I think the whole idea of women’s liberty and freedom was to be equal, not better or less.
ReplyDeleteI really liked reading your blog. You brought out many well thought out points in it. I agree with what you are saying. A lot of what you spoke about is not hard to see in our day. It is good to see and know how women have come such a long way from the way things were in the past. I can only imagine it how hard it was for some women in the past centuries. We most certainly have come a very long way. But as you pointed out, it does seem that the role of a stay at home mother or wife is looked down upon in our society in many ways. I think that it is a great work. Not the easiest of course, but our country might be a better place with higher morals if we had tighter family units than we do now. Many may not like the fact that men and women have their different roles. Some would like to think that the only difference between men and women are only the outside physical aspects. But science proves that to be false. We are made differently on the inside too, and because of this, we might be better at certain jobs or roles than the other, and vice versa.
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