The changing role of women
Member rating: No Rating | Words: | Submitted: Thu Jan 13 2005
On the left is an image preview of every page of this document, and below are the first 150 words with formatting removed:
The role of women has changed in the last 100 years. However women have yet to achieve full equality with men. The role of women has changed in several ways. In the last century, only men went out to work. Women were expected to stay at home and take care of the household and the domestic side of things. This included the cooking, cleaning, laundry, ironing etc. However, the improvement in technology has meant that the household jobs have been made much easier and timesaving. These labour saving devices include freezers, washing machines, microwave cookers, food processors, vacuum cleaners and manufactured food such as canned, tinned and frozen food as well as "instant meals" where no cooking or hassles is needed. These improvements have reduced the time spent on housework, releasing women so that they can go out to work in paid employment. Nonetheless, women have yet to...


