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-Gender Roles Gender_role

Section: Changing Roles

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Rough Draft
Besides North America and Europe, there are other countries whose gender roles are also changing. In Asia, China and Japan are very close to the USA because the female surgeons in these countries are focused heavily on home life and work life. After a woman gives birth in China, she wants to cut her work schedule down, but keeps working full time (60-80 hours per week). Similar to China, Japanese women still work long hours (almost 60 hours per week), but they try to rearrange their schedule so they can be at home more. Although all three countries have women working advanced jobs, the women still feel more gender equality at home where they have equal, if not more control of their families. A big change was seen in China because the wives used to deal with a bad marriage. Now, Chinese wives have been divorcing their husbands when they feel unhappy with their marriage. This makes the wife seem more in control of her own life, instead of letting her husband control her. Other countries, such as Singapore and Taipei are also seeing a drastic change in gender roles. In many countries, but especially Singapore and Taipei, women are getting more jobs that have a leadership position (ie. A doctor or manager), and fewer jobs as a regular worker (ie. A clerk or salesperson). The males in Singapore are also getting more leadership roles, but they are getting more lower level jobs too. In the past, the women would get the lower level jobs, and the men would get all the leadership positions. There is an increase of male unemployment in Singapore, Taipei, and China, so the women are having to work more in order to support their families. In the past, the males were usually the ones supporting the family. This is still how it is in India. The women are married young, and are expected to run the household, even if they did not get a chance to finish school. It is seen as shameful if a woman has to work outside of the house in order to help support the family. Many women are starting jewelry businesses inside their house and have their own bank account because of it. Middle aged women are now able to work without being shameful because they are no longer child bearing.