In the 1920s changing morals led women and men to participate in activities that would previously have been considered inappropriate. Yet, a double standard existed for women's behavior versus men's. Do you think there is a still a double standard for women? Explain why or why not, and be sure to respond to a fellow classmate!
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Brianna
3/21/2010 12:07:40 pm
This one is really hard for me to write but Yes, I do think there is a double standard for women now. Such as if we are stay at home moms we are expected to stay there until the guy gets home we can't go out and shop. the guy thinks oh she needs to stay until i am done doing what i have to do. that is the best example i got. SORRY
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Ryan H
3/21/2010 12:35:55 pm
I really don't know what the question is asking. I think you are asking if women are supposed to act different than men.
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Ryan H
3/21/2010 12:38:25 pm
I disagree with Brianna. Women do have different standards than men, but women are not treated like children. They can leave and do whatever they want, whenever they want. Women are just expected to do the household chores.
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Ryan H
3/21/2010 12:39:56 pm
Whoops... Forgot to put e-mail. Sorry.
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Zain B
3/21/2010 01:08:31 pm
Yeah i do think their is still a double standard that is still being broken down today. We live in an age where we all are capable of being equal in nearly every way possible yet people still maintain this idea that women can't do some things. The Hurt Locker for instance (haven't seen it) is considered to be a great movie but has been given even more attention because it was directed by a women. So what shes a woman who made a war movie. The fact that she is a woman is focused on more than the fact that she is a great director showing that some people assume women can't make war movies or can't be great directors.
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Zain B
3/21/2010 01:18:22 pm
I agree with Brianna
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Natalie
3/21/2010 02:19:07 pm
I think there still is a double standard today in society for women. even thou women have come along way through the roles of society i think the job world still has double standards, they dont get hired as much they get paid less and i think they still are viewed as inferior to men. i think many people think that a woman should just stay at home and take care of the house and the kids instead of going into the workforce this is a terrible stereotype because as the old saying goes women can do anything a man can do is clearly wrong because of how woman are viewed in this society
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natalie
3/21/2010 02:24:17 pm
i agree with zainy again when he used the example of the hurt locker. perfect
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Taylor Dean
3/22/2010 02:20:24 am
I do think that there are double standards for women. Men still believe they are superior to women and use this belief to their advantage. They say that women can't participate in certain activites, like going out with friends, yet they are allowed to partcipate in this. "Going out" isn't implying drinking, it could be something like dinner or even over to someone's house to talk or watch a movie with a group of friends. So, men can't use drinking as reasoning. I think in some houses, this is a secret battle women face. Some talk about the issues and others just keep to themselves. I think if men don't set a good example for their sons, it will be a continuing issue.
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Amberleigh V.
3/22/2010 02:21:14 am
Yes i do believe there are double standards still. Going into a specific area... with both women and men being sexually active there are different names used to lable people even though numbers are the same... let me explain further... okay, say a guy has sex 5 times... is he considered to be promiscuous? most likely you thought no. But if a girl has had sex 5 times, she'd most likely be called a whore or slut, and be labled as being promiscuous. Even though the numbers are the same, you gender does play a role in the social outcome. It's not right, but it is true...
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Taylor D.
3/22/2010 02:22:21 am
I agree with Brianna. Some men even hold this against their women. They know the woman won't go against them, so the purposely stay out late or they do something the women wouldn't want them to do. I don't think it's right, but it is going on in today's households.
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Molly G
3/22/2010 05:41:54 am
There are still double standards today, as there were in the 1920s. Some of these double standards though, we may not be aware of. Some are just natural and are part of American life. For example, in the work force, there are certain jobs that we typically think of as pertaining to a certain gender. Nursing, child care, secretary jobs, and even stay at home mothers, are typically jobs we stereotype for women. We generally see men as carpenters, firemen, police men, mechanics, etc. This does not mean women or men cannot do the same jobs, but in our society today, we have double standards in the work place. These double standards also extend to other areas of life such as the types of roles each gender plays in the family or how each gender is expected to act. We may have double standards, as in the 1920s, but there are different then they were then.
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Molly G
3/22/2010 05:45:09 am
I agree with Zain in that some of these double standards are based on tradition. Society’s expectations are what causes these traditions and standards to occur. For example, society expects men to be stronger than women when it comes to emotional things. This expectation alone, causes each gender to act in certain ways. Standards similar to these may always be a part of our country because of the expectations and traditions society has for each gender.
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Paige L
3/22/2010 12:06:59 pm
I strongly agree that there is still a double standard for women. You can see this in a common relationship. Some guys think that they can do whatever they want whenever they want. Then they expect the girl to just stay at home and do nothing or make them dinner. An example of this is a guy going out to party every night and leaving a girl home to watch the kids. Then when she mentions that she wants to go out with her friends the guy gets angry and disapproves. Double standards are ridiculous in my opinion and a guy thinking it should be like that for girls is just wrong.
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Sarah H
3/24/2010 06:50:26 am
I think there are a few different double standards for women today. Women behaving 'promiscuously' is more frowned upon than men. There are also certain activities women may partake in and be stereotyped for; certain sports and recreational activities are considered more masculine. This could even prevent some women from doing what they want for fear of being belittled or criticized. I don't think the double standard is as big of a problem anymore, but in some cases it can be very unfair. Sometimes it seems that men have more the right do certain things, even though we are allowed to do it. It's just the expectations that our society has.
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Sarah H
3/24/2010 06:53:33 am
I agree with Zain and Molly
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Sarah H
3/24/2010 06:55:59 am
ooops....
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Paige L
3/25/2010 02:18:11 am
I strongly agree with Sarah in her saying "There are also certain activities women may partake in and be stereotyped for; certain sports and recreational activities are considered more masculine. This could even prevent some women from doing what they want for fear of being belittled or criticized."
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Brianan
3/25/2010 02:25:02 am
I agree with Amber within the issue of sex there are major double standards!
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Brian W
3/26/2010 07:20:52 am
I agree that women are often expected to do different things then men, creating a double standard made them more frowned upon today. Women are more independent, but women are still genearlized as having to do the household chores even today.
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Brian W
3/26/2010 07:24:25 am
I agree with Brianna on the fact that women do have different standards than men, but women are treated like children. Now a day omen are so open to being abused and cheated on so often by men. Men have no respect like they use to anymore its all about looks and stuff now not about whats on the iside anymore.
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Craig J
3/26/2010 02:49:23 pm
There is definately still a double standard for women today. The first thing that popped into my head was around the house tasks. Women are thought of to do cooking, cleaning, and help kids with schoolwork. Whereas men to the less tedious jobs like, fix things, mow the lawn, and cook things on the grill. If men and women are equal, then those jobs should be split down the middle and the 2 genders should be doing any and all household tasks.
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Craig J
3/26/2010 02:52:35 pm
I agree with Paige on how the double standards relate to relationships. She raises a valid point.
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Bobby C.
3/28/2010 05:05:53 am
I think there is still a double-standard for men and women today. Most of the time, the jobs of cooking and cleaning in the house are left for the women to do while men are expected to mow the lawn and fix broken machinery. I do not think the double-standards are as prevalent today as they used to be but I think that they still exist with exceptions in some families.
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Bobby C.
3/28/2010 05:16:12 am
I agree with Molly that some double-standards exist without us realizing it and that some of the double standards have changed over time. This was before the 1920's but teachers used to be almost exclusively men and that double-standard has almost reversed itself in our time.
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Amberleigh V.
3/28/2010 01:47:24 pm
I agree with Craig when he mentions about how men typically do outside work and women the inside work... these standards used to be followed a lot, but today not as strictly. I do think people do chores according to gender sometimes, and honestly, I'd rather do the dishes or vacuum than mow the lawn or whatever, but that doesn't make me a housewife or something. I'm all for equal rights, but people don't have to take it to the extent of having EVERYTHING 50% all the time... people should just do what makes them feel the most comfortable. When it comes to job-related topics though, i do think people should be paid the same for the same job despite their gender.
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Austin B.
3/29/2010 02:17:12 am
There are double standards today because men are expected to be strong and have the pride and women are supposed to be weak and quiet... it's not like that today. Men and women are almost equal in today's society, and eventually we will hopefully be held by the same standards.
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Morgan P.
3/29/2010 03:22:02 am
I agree that there are double standards today for women because the way that many people look at it, they believe that men are still superior to women in many ways that is why I believe men get hired for certain jobs over women, and women overall get paid less. This goes back to what I said earlier about women being inferior to men. If you ask men around the country what they think the role of women are today I do believe you will get a variety of answers, but the one you will get the most is that they should stay at home and do all of the housework and make sure it looks nice and clean for the men when they get home from doing their job. Overall I do believe that we have almost reached the time where everyone is treated equal no matter the sex or race.
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Morgan P.
3/29/2010 03:23:42 am
I agree with Paige when she said that there are certain jobs that men believe that women should do (which happen to be mostly inside) and men do most of the outside work.
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Ted S.
4/11/2010 11:20:01 am
I strongly believe that there is a double standard for women in today's society. For example, a man who has multiple sex partners is considered cool or a pimp in a good way. Meanwhile a woman who is having sex with more than one man is a whore and is generally a disgrace to society. (These may or may not be my viewpoints, just social facts) This is a big problem in our society, but there is no real way to stop it.
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Ted S.
4/11/2010 11:26:12 am
I agree completely and totally with Amber. I thought I missed the boat on this question until I read her response.
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Muma
4/15/2010 01:59:29 am
There are not double standards for men and women in todays society. This, at least to me, changed at the turn of the new milenium. They can sleep around just as much as men do with the same basic reactionl. They get called a whore and that is about it.
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Muma
4/15/2010 02:02:34 am
I disagree with Ted. He obviously has never had a girl cheat on him. Everybody else in the world thinks its okay when in reality its wrong on every level for both sexes. There is no reason that one should ever cheat while in a commited relationship. End!!!!
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