Third, in some ways sexual obligation has change, but in others not so much. True more women work now than ever before and in the poverty and middle class level, men and women pay in most instances will be the same. Although, this is where the buck literately stops. The women that are striving to do better things such as becoming educated and then wanting the higher paying jobs are not getting paid as well as their male counterparts. In part, it could be because the truth of the matter is women still dream of a big weddings and having babies. This is only human nature to want these things. This tells us some women especially the one that have these things set before their feet are not doing anything to take advantage of them. Hirshman, writes in an article called “Homeward Bound” that “Half the wealthiest, most-privileged, best-educated females in the country stay home with their babies rather than work in the market economy” …show more content…
This in itself tell us that women still have a way to go in the feminist movement. In addition, gender roles that exist today would have never been able to been possible in the sixties. More men are staying home playing the role of house husband. Parenting and doing the household chore while the woman supporting the family. This type of relationship is becoming more and more common in the twenty-first century. As a matter of fact, modern couples are more susceptible to treating each other as equal. In most relationships, either the man or woman can be the bread winner, which is totally acceptable in this generation. Couples are both pitching in around the house. They are sharing duties. In some cases, one significant other be it man or woman is home while the other is working. They end up taking turns trading responsibilities at