Changes of Sexuality Throughout the Years

By:Ariana Wassmer

When it comes to sexuality over time there has been many differences through the years.  We notice different trends for a certain sex, how people act, and also what becomes the norm. Back in the day we notice that women were always seen as just housewives and all they were good for was having a family, cleaning up the house, and looking pretty for their husbands. Women didn’t have many rights either. It is amazing to see how much women had to protest and work to even be allowed to attend college and be given the right to vote. Because of these strong feminist women, we now have more rights that we didn’t have before. In addition, more and more women are now have their own careers and women are becoming more and more successful because they are starting to receive opportunities. Although, women are getting more and more opportunities, the opportunities that we are receiving aren’t always the same as men. Men still think they are superior to women and that is because they know we don’t get equal opportunities, therefore they think they are better than us and that is where the problem comes from. As a result, even though we as women have made great progress, we still have a long way to go. 

When it comes to men we see a little shift over the years. For instance men has always been seen as the bread winners, the ones that are suppose to provide for their family. Now we see more men being stay at home dads and taking care of the children while women go to work. I think this is great thing because this right here is changing the norm in our society. The only issue is that society sees this as a negative and stay at home dads usually are called lazy and not taking care of their family where in reality they are just in a different way.  

We as a society need to look at each other as an equal not as a man or a woman because that is where the conflict happens. Being a man or a woman shouldn’t matter in any aspect of our lives. Expectations for men and women should be the same. If we as a society, commit to change the social norm I truly believe the world would be a better place.  The reality is neither men or women is better than the other, we are all equal.