Roles of women Historically and currently

Roles of women Historically and currently.

To so many people, march eighth is a special day. Why? International women’s day celebrates their sisters, moms, cousins, wives, daughters, or friends. Someone might ask why this day is so special and why we are celebrating? The short answer is that women’s roles in our lives, communities, and societies make the day unique and worth celebrating.

In ancient times and historically, women’s primary role was to bear and rear children and take care of the household. It was the role of women to bear children, preserve their health and nutrition, teach them what is good and wrong, and punish them when in the wrong. In the traditional settings, women were to choose what people would eat during meals, clean the compound, and in some communities, it was their role to provide labor (during cultivation) and build houses (Global Volunteers). In Biblical settings, they managed servants and ran businesses. Women were healers, wise women or witches, nurses, pharmacists, and midwives in the medical setting (Nadelson and Bernstein).

Today women still share the same roles but are not limited by culture or beliefs. Women are now as educated and skilled as men are; therefore, they penetrated most industries and shared the same responsibilities and roles as men. Women are now expected to be entrepreneurs, CEOs, masons, teachers, surgeons, carpenters, artists, doctors, engineers, mothers, caregivers, wives, farmers, and psychologists (Yellen).

For women today and in the past, physical abuse is one of the most prominent forms of abuse. Physical abuse includes being burnt, slapped, shoved, kicked, shot at, punched, killed and strangled. However, it is not the most common form of abuse; women face emotional abuse, verbal abuse, harassment, human trafficking, digital abuse, rape, elder abuse, and financial abuse. As women play their roles in their workplace, they sometimes face financial abuse, emotional abuse, digital abuse(influencers), sexual abuse, and harassment. The worst part is that the same women who face these types of abuse in their workplaces face the same kinds of abuse at home, in their community, neighborhood, or other institutions (Office on Women’s Health). They have the option of seeking justice, but women who do so are often viewed as weak, irresponsible, or are thought to have abandoned their culture or beliefs.

Works Cited

Global Volunteers. “The Global Role of Women – Contributions to Development.” Global Volunteers, 22 June 2021, globalvolunteers.org/global-role-of-women/. Accessed 21 Dec. 2021.

Nadelson, Carol C., and Carol A. Bernstein. “Women’s History – an Overview | ScienceDirect Topics.” ScienceDirect.com | Science, Health and Medical Journals, Full Text Articles and Books, International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, 2015, www.sciencedirect.com/topics/social-sciences/womens-history. Accessed 21 Dec. 2021.

Office on Women’s Health. “Other Types of Violence and Abuse Against Women.” Office on Women’s Health, 2 Mar. 2018, www.womenshealth.gov/relationships-and-safety/other-types. Accessed 21 Dec. 2021.

Yellen, Janet L. “The History of Women’s Work and Wages and How It Has Created Success for Us All.” Brookings, 6 Jan. 2021, www.brookings.edu/essay/the-history-of-womens-work-and-wages-and-how-it-has-created-success-for-us-all/. Accessed 21 Dec. 2021.