The Event That Happened During the 60's

Unit 9 Assignment

John Devlin

SS310-10: Exploring the 60’s

Instructor: Aine Lorie

The event that happened in the 1960’s, which I will be using for this assignment is The Women’s Rights Movement.

My life would be different it many various ways if this event had not occurred. First, my mother sister, daughter, girlfriend and other women I know would not have the liberties, opportunities and sense of empowerment and confidence that they have at this time. This of course enables them to earn more money, pursue jobs and other positions of higher status, keep themselves from feeling restricted from certain avenues of advancement and have an overall stronger more positive outlook on their lives as well as well as the lives of their family. This would change how I would have to live, work and conduct my life. I would have to take a larger responsibility in earning money and controlling finances, dictate what happens on a daily scheduling basis as well as an ongoing family structure and even orchestrate transportation arrangements if they were not able to drive. Men do not have the responsibility that they had because women have control of their own lives in many aspects today. The women’s movement has changed America’s society. The two-income family is now a norm mostly out of necessity. Additionally the economy has reduced many to a lower income level. This is not due to the women’s movement but it puts many men in an even lower position of status. There has been a displacement for many men financially, emotionally and socially in the last half century because in part by the economy and in part by the social change stemmed from the women’s movement. Men and women had an easier idea of their role. This is not to say it was a good thing that women were unable to gain certain employment, vote, drive or have any rights in certain areas. It’s to say that men now are removed from what they once knew as their place as the breadwinner from the societal, social and...