Roles Of Women In The 17th Century

Women’s Roles

A woman's work ethic and subserviency were the only characteristics a man looked for in a women, back in the 17th century. Men felt superior to women and had plenty more rights than them. Women were practically treated as servants by their husbands and they were not allowed to argue/protest against their roles as a women. Although women have endured being treated as the weaker sex and have had fewer rights than men, this has immensely changed over the past centuries. In our society today, women are fully capable of doing anything a man can do. All women had very few rights and were expected to be at service and to obey their husbands through all aspects of their life. From the start of their childhood, to the end of their life, women were always the less dominant gender and their life was dedicated to other men. “Women in her greatest
In today's society, women have control over their own lives and get a choice on who they marry. On the other hand, some men are still getting paid a larger wage than women on a daily basis. According to Nina Bahadur, “Women make approximately 78 cents for every dollar a man makes ” (The Huffington post). Male dominance hasn’t completely gone away yet, but women have come a long way since Shakespeare’s day. Look at Hillary Clinton for example, she is currently running for the President of the United States. Back in Shakespeare’s day women weren’t even allowed to vote. In the United States, we are a free country and everyone is treated equally, but that doesn’t mean that women are equal in other parts in the world. Women in the Middle East don’t have the right to a job, to vote, or freedom in general. On the other hand, women in the U.S have a variety of jobs and careers they can choose from. Women in our world now have the right to accomplish whatever they desire without being treated with disrespect and