• From Kitchen to Office - Women in the Workforce (Australian)

     

    Essays2 Sociology

Evaluation:
Published: 31.07.2004.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'From Kitchen to Office - Women in the Workforce (Australian)', 1.
  • Essays 'From Kitchen to Office - Women in the Workforce (Australian)', 2.
Extract

The role of women in the workforce as well as society's attitudes towards them has changed dramatically over time in Australia. Women have been allowed to open the door to the world of work and this is a great improvement from what it used to be. They are generally adopted and accepted into our workforce but much still needs to be done to ensure that this is preserved.
Once, women were personified as the mother figure that stayed at home, cooking, cleaning, looking after the children and relied solely on her husband for an income. Women were not allowed to work and frowned upon if they di…

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