Women in the 1960/70's

This week in class, we learned about the role women played in society through the 1960/70's. What is now viewed as stereotype, was reality back then. Through numerous videos that we watched in class depicting the role of women in society, it became evident how different womens lives were. It was expected of women to be a "housewife", which entailed cooking for the family, cleaning the house, and washing the clothes. Women became tired of the same redundant routine that had occupied their life. They wanted something exciting, like to go get a job. The problem was that having a job was a mans duty. Women would do all the work in the house, while men would be the ones working and earning the money for the family. Even to this day this idea exists, where it is the women that do most of the work at home while the man does the outside work, even if both adults have a job. However, there are also still those who decide to be a housewife rather than working at a job for whatever reason.