The Role of Women in America Essay -- Womens Studies

The Role of Wo hands in AmericaIn her essay, Housewives and Homework The Lacemakers of Narsapur, Chandra Talpade Mohanty focused on how men sell products that women produced and profited from womens work. The essay basically pointed by how work can be defined according to sexual identity. It made me wonder if American women are still perceived by men in society as existence housewives even though some of us are doctors, lawyers, teachers and so forth Is the work that women do seen as what Mohanty pointed out in her essay as leisure time activities? I think that to some extent men believe that womens sole purpose on Earth is to be their wives/partners and to be good mothers to their children. Even though we leisurely, as Mohanty so only categorized our work according to men in India, go out to our different careers or occupations everyday, we are not truly seen as providers or given credit for being part providers for the family. Some men may feel that we put forth more of an effort in being a woman who cleans the house, cooks, and takes care of the children. Maybe our le...