Women's Work Inside and Outside the Home

I would like to comment on the chapter eight of Shaw and Lee, which was one of our readings for the week; Women’s Work Inside and Outside the Home. It is quite amazing how far women have come since the beginning of what we now called the United States of America. It almost seems like women have been forced on this rollercoaster ride, which has had its up and downs, twists and turn, while accelerating fast at times, and almost trying to slow them down to a complete halt other times. It almost seems like women regardless of what they want are on the continued rollercoaster ride, not allowed to be let off for nothing, except maybe to attend to family matters. I do not mean to put this into such an analogy, but that is how I can explain this terrible norm that has been casted down upon women and minorities. It is like everyone is watching them ride this ride waiting for some sort of crash, so they do not have to deal with them, or waiting for them to say we are content. However I feel that if there is this continued glass-ceilings, glass elevators, vertical and horizontal segregation, value and prestige associate with work that men and women do and so forth that this roller-coaster ride will never be stopped.

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