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What was distinctive about gender roles in the nineteenth century?
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What was distinctive about gender roles in the nineteenth century? The ideals surrounding sex and gender are perpetual. Arguments are still debated today regarding whether gender is a socially constructed idea, or whether the female and male sexes are naturally submissive and dominant respectively. Traditional gender roles - that of the submissive, fragile female and of the dominant and authoritarian male - had been the backbone of a pre-industrial society. The women were homemakers, raising children, while the men worked earning money, or growing food. In this essay I will ascertain whether these roles changed or continued throughout this period, and if change did occur, what the causes of this change. If any progress incurred, was it the cause of a wider social change, or did changing views on women lead to a wider social change? I will discuss Victorian roles of women and men, predominantly in England with some reference to wider...
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