vietnamese women in the past and now
Tien Tran
Mr.Perrard
Engl 1301 Fri 6pm-9pm
03/11/2011
Vietnamese Women in the Past and Now Nowadays, Vietnam has made more good progress towards to improving the well-being for women than around thirty years ago. Before, women did not have any chance to be independent, and most of them had to depend on the men. In the old society, they believed that women should be responsible for most of the household rather going to work. However, the traditional gender roles have quite changed so that people can easily to see Vietnamese women successful in their business and having a good educational background. There are three main changes to traditional gender roles and expectations for women in Vietnam over the last thirty years: career, education, and role in home.
First of all, the choice of work is totally different for women in this society compared to the last thirty years. Thirty years ago, women did not have a chance to choose their future major. They had to follow their family’s job, such as working on a farm or helping their family business. For example, my grandmother always tells me her story how hard that she had to work on a farm every day when she was young. She did not have a chance to work another job that she might have liked. She had to do whatever my great-grandparent wanted her to do. Today, Vietnamese women have all the opportunities to follow their dream. A lot of them have been successful in many ways. My mother is one of the great examples. She is really successful in her own business. She also is the primary working person in my family.
According to my grandmother’s story, there were not a lot of women allowed to go to school in her generation. Most of the schools were for men because the old Vietnamese people believed that women did not need to have a good education. There was more of an effect on rural Vietnam, women who could not go to school at all. My grandmother told me that she really wanted to go to school, but my great-grandparent did not
Mr.Perrard
Engl 1301 Fri 6pm-9pm
03/11/2011
Vietnamese Women in the Past and Now Nowadays, Vietnam has made more good progress towards to improving the well-being for women than around thirty years ago. Before, women did not have any chance to be independent, and most of them had to depend on the men. In the old society, they believed that women should be responsible for most of the household rather going to work. However, the traditional gender roles have quite changed so that people can easily to see Vietnamese women successful in their business and having a good educational background. There are three main changes to traditional gender roles and expectations for women in Vietnam over the last thirty years: career, education, and role in home.
First of all, the choice of work is totally different for women in this society compared to the last thirty years. Thirty years ago, women did not have a chance to choose their future major. They had to follow their family’s job, such as working on a farm or helping their family business. For example, my grandmother always tells me her story how hard that she had to work on a farm every day when she was young. She did not have a chance to work another job that she might have liked. She had to do whatever my great-grandparent wanted her to do. Today, Vietnamese women have all the opportunities to follow their dream. A lot of them have been successful in many ways. My mother is one of the great examples. She is really successful in her own business. She also is the primary working person in my family.
According to my grandmother’s story, there were not a lot of women allowed to go to school in her generation. Most of the schools were for men because the old Vietnamese people believed that women did not need to have a good education. There was more of an effect on rural Vietnam, women who could not go to school at all. My grandmother told me that she really wanted to go to school, but my great-grandparent did not