Ideals of Womanhood: Transformation of Gender Roles in Society

Throughout the history of the United States, the problem of social freedom has been questioned since the civil war started. In addition to the social equality of black people and immigrants, the problem of female voting rights is gradually emerging. During the Victorian era, women were domesticated and were expected to maintain proper behavior established by the Victorian society. However, in the late nineteenth century, through gradual reforms, consumption, politics, and labor changed nationwide over a wide range. Women receive more education and opportunities to enter new jobs are increasing.

Many economic and social changes in the 20th century, such as technology, science, living standards, media, entertainment, role of gender, innovation of the role of government, have changed the society in America. In the progressive era (1900-1920), major American reformers were looking for solutions to the problems caused by industrial revolution and the growth of capitalism. They believe that these changes are important for creating a new order suitable for the era of industry.

Gender social construction is the concept of feminist and sociological research on gender and gender differences in society. According to this view, society and culture create gender roles defined as ideal or appropriate actions of people of a particular gender. The roots of social constructivism movement in psychology are related to criticism of objectiveism recognized by positivist / empirical knowledge perspective (Gergen, 1985). The most common variant of social constructivism is the gender role theory, which is considered early social constitutionalism by Alsop, Fitzsimons, and Lennon (2002). Concern about power and hierarchy reveals inspiration from the Marxist framework like Foucault's work on the use of materialistic feminism and discourse

Gender roles in different cultures vary widely throughout history. The evolution of the role of gender began at the Paleolithic age, and then began to change with the shift from the Paleolithic Age to the Neolithic Age. Women in Mesopotamia, India, Greece, China and Rome are not treated equally and are thought to be inferior to men. Cultures like Egypt and Persia have similar laws for women and are more respected in any other culture. The Paleolithic Age is responsible for introducing many important aspects of today's world such as technology, agriculture and the role of gender. Paleolithic culture is based on a society gathering with highly influential hunters ... See more