Women in Today's Society

Essay on Women

Women in 2014 were generally seen as equal compared to their male counterparts. Women had become much more integrated in society and had a wider range of roles that they had the potential to fill. Women were no longer limited purely to the caretaking of the house; it was seen as normal for women to join men in the workplace and to hold higher positions in certain jobs; however, the ratio of female “bosses” to male “bosses” was significantly different; this can be seen politically, around 7% of women held political control over a country compared to 93% of men. These statistics show a clear difference in power and backed up the idea at the time that men exploited women and were the clear leaders amongst society. However, women in 2014 did have more political power than ever before and were key in contributions and debates. There were many female MP’s which had worked hard to earn their position and so were respected because of it – very few were ever discriminated against.

Whilst it is true that women had new opportunities, the idea that women should remain at home and look after the house and children was seen as preferable by men; they wanted to be the breadwinners and know that the home was being looked after, that they could return home from work and have dinner already prepared. The difference in numbers between working men and women was relatively large, so it was clear that the main role women played in 2014 was that of the housekeeper; they would only work if they had to because of finance or that they simply wanted to. In most societies women had this choice to make for themselves; however, some societies heavily restricted female movement and depicted what role women would fulfil – they had no say in these orders because they had been created by political leaders who would have been all men, and challenging this system as a women would have led to mockery.

One big difference between men and women in the workplace was payment. Even in...