Henry Enfield Gender Roles

Pertaining to gender roles, in the film, Women: Know your limits! By Henry Enfield, he tried to imply the fact that women had some limitations when it comes to expressing themselves with other people. Basically in that era, women were not able to speak their minds. Not to mention, in terms of intellectual capabilities, women were under-estimated and perceived as if they were not capable enough to become as educated as men. Moreover, they were only allowed to say things that were acceptable to the men that were present. Not to mention, they were also perceived as delicate and fragile. When fragile is considered, in a footage: 1940s Sexism and Gender Roles: Easy Does It by Charlie Dean, he shows the roles women played in the 1940s, which included secretarial work and

Although he mentions that women are not the weaker sex, basically through the footage, the role women played were limited to either housewives and or secretarial work, thus typing a number of words per minute on a daily bases. Of course Dean makes a valid point in the sense that doing chores around the house is not only time consuming, but also physically draining as well. Nowadays, situations have become otherwise. Women today are not only college educated, but they form the majority of the workforce in just about all the fields. However, there are still issues to be overcome when regarding to salaries of women. In the article, The Awful Truth Behind the Gender Pay Gap, by Lisa M. Maatz, she states: “the gender pay gap is hopelessly static right now”. Through this, Maatz is implying the fact that pay gaps are still an issue that women in the workforce are facing at this present time. In fact, Maatz mentions that: “For the last decade, median earnings for women working full time, year-round have been just 77% of men’s earning”. Although the pay gap is growing smaller over the course of time, the changes are occurring at a very slow pace, thus women still being paid less than men for the