What are the most important features of modern British Culture? British Culture and traditions are famous all over the world, in all sorts of countries.
What are the most important features of modern British Culture?
British Culture and traditions are famous all over the world, in all sorts of countries. When people think of Britain they think of; the Royal Family, people walking around in bowler hats, drinking tea and eating fish and chips, whilst complaining about the weather. But as time has moved on British culture has greatly changed.
In the United Kingdom there have been many significant changes in family structure and gender roles. Changes in family structure have seen the decrease of the nuclear family as the stereotypical form of British household and more households having mixtures of; one parent, same sex, living together with or without children, mixed race and step families. These changes have meant that gender roles have also changed. Many families are now headed by women as opposed to the traditional nuclear families which were generally dominated by men. Women are taking on far more responsibilities and challenges than they were half a century ago; they often go to work and leave their partners at home with the children, women have just as many rights as men now, but often different genders would not be expected to do particular jobs. E.g. - female bus drivers, there are about equal amounts of male and female bus drivers, but most people automatically think of them as being male.
