In my view women’s rights and way of life have come a long way since the 1950’s and 1960’s. Looking at several areas of every day life can prove this. For example to obtain a job, women can go for an interview and not be treated any differently from men this is the same when in the job or workplace. Obviously there are a few jobs that require women and some that require men. Women are allowed to own property, money and other possessions that they would have not been able to own in Victorian times.
Women are allowed to freely get contraception and can get much better support with childcare and family planning. This is a huge step because it meant that if women wanted to they could not only have a career but have children as well, this was a big step forward. Girls and women have exactly the same rights to men regarding education and further education. The media do not portray women as been second-class citizens. Women also have the right to vote freely, this has not been achieved in some countries.
Even though I have said the above I still feel that there are some parts of life that don’t involve women or they don’t have much say. They are still seen in some parts of society that they should be at home looking after the children and catering for them, also looking after their husbands. This has not changed much, but women do have the option to change, to work, or leave! Some women though will feel satisfied in these positions. This I feel is still quite a high expectation of women but they do have other opportunities and the freedom to change!
One big difference now is the fact that children are bought up to mostly believe what they want where as in the 1950’s and 1960’s they were bought up to believe that the boy should be helping his father doing ‘manly’ things for instance fixing the car. Girls were expected to be with their mothers helping them with jobs around the house like cleaning and cooking. Source E demonstrates this. The source is a page taken from a children’s reading book. It would have given a child certain views about these topics.
In conclusion I feel that the sources and my knowledge have shown that women are a lot better off than they were in the 50’s and 60’s but there are just a few aspects of life that haven’t changed much. They do have a lot more freedom to do what they want and make decisions for themselves, they have a lot more rights, like the right to vote and equal pay. But even after all this they are still expected by some to stay at home and tender and care for their family. All I can say is that women’s rights have improved a lot since the 50’s and 60’s.
