While there is nothing wrong with the idea of the traditional gender roles, in my opinion it just does not seem to be applicable anymore. In an society where single parent households are on the rise, gender specific roles are coming to the point that for the majority of families this idea of father being the bread winner” and the mother as the “home maker” is just obsolete.

Even in families where there are two parents, that does not necessarily mean that both parents are able to work. There are a growing number of families that have at least one disabled parent, or in a economic down time, there may be one parent that is unable to work.

Considering the idea of the perfect two parent household, I believe that it becomes obsolete to even implement such gender roles, because over the last several years women’s rights have begun to take a more dramatic role in society and women have become to be more career oriented. Women of today are choosing to spend less time at home and more time in the job field. This enables there to be two income households, and it also makes dealing with the rise of cost of living easier to deal with in families who have a larger number of children, then the stereotypical two child household.

As for my personal opinion, I believe that the stereotypical gender roles are obsolete and the time has come for the realization that women are enteringthe workforce in greater numbers and that the time has come to embrace that fact. Gender roles have become really a figment of the past as their continues to be great strides in the social development of society, and to force something on a society that no longer fits is nothing short of ridiculous. We have come along way since the 50s and its time to embrace the changes and the inclusion of women as sole supporters of the home or as equal financial providers in the home.

To force such roles upon the next generate would be a sorrowful sight to behold, as women try to gain ground and make themselves equal. We cannot expect true equality among the female generation if we as a society continue to adhere to traditional gender roles.The truth is that although they were once acceptable and the norm in the majority of households, that idea just simple does not hold true today.