Race, Gender and Culture: Describe How the Male Role Has Changed Since the 1950s

Race, Gender and Culture

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Describe how the male role has changed since the 1950s.

        Ever since the years, the primary role of the male in the society has changed. There has been the diversification of the roles of the male in the current society. Man is not just the wholesome party that is charged with the responsibility of the provision of the basic necessities to the family. Family structures as evident from the research studies vary across cultures. A significant proportion of the roles that were the primary responsibilities of men have been delegated to most women. In the United States, for instance, most marriages are based on contracts. Upon the maturity of the contract, they tend to disengage the contractual agreement. Thus the roles that were being performed by the men in the 50s have changed and the roles have been significantly been delegated to the women.

        In cases of conflicts in the 50s, the male would have the final say in the event of a dispute resolution. The male involvement in the domestic events was only desired. Men were not actively involved in the domestic activities. However, as years progressively went by, their role in the involvement of the domestic related activities has significantly changed.

        On the scope of the changes in the workforce, there has been a change in the workforce composition with most of the job positions being open to members of both genders. In the 50s, there were some jobs that were primarily left just for men (Allen, 2011). Women were not allowed to be absorbed in some positions like the managerial positions. Diversification of roles has led to the advancement in the genders such that even women can handle some top managerial positions just like men do.

        Women were tasked with the handling of the housekeeping related tasks. They were the ones responsible for children bearing and they were to foresee the education of the children. The society today is not very rigid on who is to take the primary responsibilities of the child care. Anyone can handle the child care irrespective of the gender.

Women have been given more legal rights to property ownership as opposed to the legal rights that they had before. In the 50s, women had no legal ownership to property but with the repealing of most of the constitutional provisions, women have achieved almost similar rights just as men.