The first question she asked was why females did not participate in the sport. I never pondered this until her asking because I had become accustom to the gender roles of our society. Women’s lack of participation in sports has been heavily influenced by society’s expectations of women. My sister aspired to play football but strayed away from her desire for it was not considered to be lady-like by American society. The American society has encouraged these biased gender-roles throughout the country’s …show more content…
Women at the beginning of the eighteenth-century were not allowed to own property, vote, hold office, or have custody of her children in a case of divorce. A decrease in birthrate and an increased need for workers eventually led to employment opportunities for women, mostly in factories and mills. These jobs allowed women to become less financially dependent on men, furthermore increasing America’s divorce rate. As more women entered the workforce, men were still able to trump women in economic and political status ("Digital