Role of Women in Germany

Role of Women:

            I chose to expand on the topic of Women, only for the fact is that I took a lot of women studies class here at SCSU and I find the topic of women interesting and wanted to know about Germany’s treatment of women.

            They way women are treated is a universal thing. Women are treated less than man not only in Germany, but also in the United States and all over the world. Even today this still occurs. In today’s society women are seen less than a man. Especially when it comes to jobs. Today men hold most top jobs such as CEO’s, and women are still paid 75 cents to the dollar a man makes. Women are still seen as less educated and weaker. They are treated that they should stay in the home and do the typical homemaker jobs.

            In West Germany, women were the minority. There main responsibilities were: Kirche, Kinder, and Kuche, which translates to churches, children, and kitchen. The men did they hard work so the women could stay home and take care of the children and do the housework, such as laundry, cooking, and cleaning.

            Women were seldom even valued in society. Almost 2/3 of the women were unemployed and the women that did work, only obtained factory jobs. These jobs were mainly at the time of the war because they men had to go to war and the women stepped in to complete the work tasks.

     Women had quit the struggle throughout the years in Germany. But by the turn of the 20^th century, women started working more, abortion was legalized, and they were able to start making their own choices. Women started become educated and started to work more. An Organization in Germany fought for equal rights in Germany for their women, and eventually succeeded because women were able to now vote. The process to have equal rights for women was starting to make progress.

            I think it is interesting how similar the past treatment of women is so similar to the United States history of the treatment of women. The United States and Germany have very similar backgrounds. But all though women have made great progress, we still today treat women as the lesser sex and don’t give them the same opportunities as we do men.