Women's Rights and Cultural Influence on Gender Roles

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A) The women of America have women's rights. With these rights women often challenge folk culture ideas of staying home and taking care of their baby, cleaning, and cooking by going out and not depending on a man. This effects folk culture negatively because the globalization of these rights could alter or threaten the gender roles of the folk culture
B) In folk culture, traditional values are usually based on needs. For example many folk cultures value the men of the family to be very athletic; this is because they needed men to go out and find a way to get food for the rest of the family. Pop culture, on the other hand, Values athletic men but also values smart men and men talented in other areas of work. with the globalization of these

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