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zheka24 [161]
3 years ago
15

How were women viewed by most of society in the 1950’s? How did this change in the 1960’s?

History
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Lapatulllka [165]3 years ago
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Answer:

In the 1950s, women were expected to identify primarily as wives and mothers and be feminine. Those who were not married were depicted as disgusting and unattractive. A major event that first contributed to the change in women's roles in society was the creation of Enovid, the first birth control pill, in 1960. Women gained greater control over when and if they would have children, allowing many women to enter the workforce, a job that was formerly dominated by men, instead of spending their lives at home caring for children. In 1963, the President's Commission on the Status of Women issued a report called American Women, suggesting that women should be granted equality in employment, salary, and educational opportunities. Women's legal rights were further promoted by the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which banned employment discrimination due to gender, race, color, religion, and national origin. Lastly, women also started to take on more political roles in an effort to influence political and social policy. Although society still had not fully embraced the idea of the "modern liberated woman," Americans became more open to a broader view of women's roles in society.

Harman [31]3 years ago
4 0

1950s:

In 1950's women were not women, they were slaves. They were not counted as human. They had no right to vote. They were just slaves of their husband. The women's role was to look after the children and husband, cook dinner, clean the dishes and at the end of the busy day they would have to make sure that their husband is comfortable at night when he was sleeping. Which finally gave you a couple of hours sleep at night but not long before you would have to wake up and start the same day over again. But now women have rights to do everything they want to do. They have freedom to say anything, to vote, to do anything, to go anywhere they want to go. Now days women can work. They can stand in elections. All these things were not available for women in 1950's. This role is significant in Canadian history because it shows that women also can do things that man can do. They are not different, they are also human being and as strong as a men. This shows that in our country not only men are brave and only men can do anything but women also are very brave and they can give competition to men. Women are brave and talented. I chose this event because this event shows that you should never underestimate any body. People in 1950's thought that women can not do anything but that's not true, women can do anything.

change in the 1960s:

In the 1960s, deep cultural changes were altering the role of women in American society. More females than ever were entering the paid workforce, and this increased the dissatisfaction among women regarding huge gender disparities in pay and advancement and sexual harassment at the workplace. One of the most profound changes was happening in the bedroom. By the end of the Sixties, more than 80 percent of wives of childbearing age were using contraception after the federal government in 1960 approved a birth control pill. This freed many women from unwanted pregnancy and gave them many more choices, and freedom, in their personal lives. Gradually, Americans came to accept some of the basic goals of the Sixties feminists: equal pay for equal work, an end to domestic violence, curtailment of severe limits on women in managerial jobs, an end to sexual harassment, and sharing of responsibility for housework and child rearing. .

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