Matt+S.

In America, men and women are often thought to be equal, and have equal opportunities as American citizens. We learn about things like progressivism, feminism, and women’s rights movements. Even after all of this, gender is a noticeably thing that forces you into stereotypes and prejudices. Almost every experience in everyone’s life is influenced by their gender. When it comes to getting a job, what role does gender play?Men, for a long time, were the one with the job. The one working to provide for his family. Over time, women as a whole have begun to share that responsibility with men. We see industrial women working to provide for soldiers in WWI back in the 1910's. But how does gender currently affect careers? We seem to connect certain professions to certain genders. For example, a nurse is a women, a CEO is a man, carpenter is a man, librarian is a women. Are those stereotypes generally true? My grandma (became a lawyer at age 48) told me that most women thought that it was their job to stay at home and take care of the children. The women’s movement in the 70's changed her perspective on women’s role in the family. She realized that she wanted a career of her own, and perused it. By this time, the early 1980s, it was much more common for a mother to have a job along with their husband.

Not even close...All telling, NO anecdotes = dull account. Surely there is a story that captures workplace life as your father saw it. Surely there is a second story that captures the change. Don't blame the interviewee here; clearly it's all on the interviewer. --MrC

That made me feel as if I was reading a motivational speech. Do you have an interesting story? Or are you just talking about your family and their careers?-Brian

Describe the story about how your grandma became a lawyer..then put it into context. - Jen

Try adding anecdotes from your parents/grandparents and if where they work is mostly male or female and who is the boss. ~ Maddie D.

Try adding anecdotes and more about how these stereotypes roles have changed. - Jackie B.