The Role of Women:
The role of women has gone through a paradigm shift. In early America women were seen as equals to men, at least in the rural areas where the entire family had to put work in to have a successful farm. However, as America came to be more industrialized the woman's voice began to lose some of its power. It was in this moment that we were able to see the difference and shift in power. It was during this era that woman became the "house wife" and her duties were to solely take care of the children and maintain household chores. All the while the father brought the money in and were put as the head of the house. This is essentially where the idea of fathers being the head of the household emerged. However, if you look at women today you can see them working in the same positions as men and there are a lot of movements going on to help improve the power of women. Essentially our history has slowly come back in a loop.
Let there be NUDITY:
Okay, so I am sure that there has always been nudist around, which is why I am not really talking about that specific group of people. However, the fashion trends dating in the 1920's up until now shows a huge paradigm shift in the way that we carry ourselves. Ever year the items of clothing that are being sold are becoming skimpier and skimpier as a result we live to be sexy. Image, something that has always been of great value, has somehow changed from modest to sex symbol and as a result the way by which we live life has changed as well. It also has a great impact on the way that we, not only value ourselves, but each other.
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ReplyDeleteI would go with the second option, it is less broad and typical than the first option. Also you would be able to break it up so that you could talk about the shift in decades.
ReplyDeleteHow Role of women has been shift is a very good topic for your paradigm shift speech and essay, but as Mrs. Kramer commented, you are dealing with history of couple hundreds of years. It would be somewhat comprehensive. But I think your topic has a lot of historical source. For example how the role of women became important when the US was involved in 2 major wars: First and Second World War. I think you can use this historical fact to support your thesis. Other than this particular data, there a lot of supporting details in our history that support your thesis and topic. Good Luck!
ReplyDeleteI agree with Steve that your first topic covers a lot of time, so narrowing down to something more specific would help. I think the nudity paradigm shift would be slightly more interesting, at least for me personally. Maybe if you wanted to combine the two ideas - women and nudity - you can talk about that. Maybe #freethenipple? Or breastfeeding? Are people becoming more comfortable with a woman's body, or still trying to cover it up?
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