2. What is a woman’s role and how has liberation
affected that position?
It is quite obvious that women’s responsibilities have changed
over the years due to an increase in her freedom. But many of
its true effects have been overlooked.
3. Introduction
• I intend to explain a few of the effects that
womens liberation has had on her health,
marriage, family, and children.
• I chose a powerpoint because I want to provide
my viewers with some visual information and
ideas.
4. Thesis Statement
Since World War II, as women have gained their
freedom and equality, many other factors effect
her well being and her family.
5. Before World War II, women had
basic roles which were full of
benefits
6. Women’s Responsibilites before World War II
and its benefits
• Women lead basic lives where they
married, had and taught their children,
cleaned the house, and reaped the
happiness of raising a family.
• Research done by the Cancer Research
UK, on 200,000 women, showed that
housework can reduce their risk of
breast cancer. (BBC)
• “Out of all of the activities, only
housework significantly reduced the risk
of both pre- and post-menopausal
women getting the disease. Housework
cut breast cancer risk by 30% among the
pre-menopausal women and 20% among
the post-menopausal women.” (BBC)
7. Women’s Responsibilites before World War II and
its benefits
• Housework was not easy and that is
why women where not required to
go outside the home to support her
family.
• Besides the hardships and struggles
she faced, there were benefits in
the family as she remained married
and had time with her children.
• Also the benefits to her health
through studies that her natural
housework decreased chances of
cancer.
8. During World War II women’s
responsibilites increased as her
position needed to change
9. Women during World War II and changes in
her position
• Millions of women took on jobs
once done by men. (Klee)
• “In July 1944, when the war was at
its peak over 19 million women
were employed in the United
States, more than ever before.”
(Bogan)
• Once many of the men, who were
the supporters of women, left to
fight in the war, women had to work
two times as hard.
10. Women during World War II and changes in her
position
• The fact that women were needed in
the workforce during World War II
may have been a stepping stone for
modern liberation movements
• They still needed to care for their
growing families but also had to go
out and support them and the war.
11. After World War II women have been
demanding equality or rights
through feminist movements and
womens liberation
12. Demand for equality and rights through feminist
movements and women’s liberation
• After the war ended men and
women went back to their normal
lives.
• But many women showed their
disapproval of housework especially
because they now had a taste of
what working outside the home was
like.
• “During the feminist movement,
women pursued that they were as
equal as men in politics, economics,
and society… Leaders encouraged
women to gain higher education and
careers outside the home.” (Klee)
13. Effects of the increase in liberation
on her health, family, marriage,
and children
14. Affects on her health
• As women spend more and more time
outside of the home, she naturally draws
unnecessary attention to herself
• “To assume the functional role of men, she
even has to dress as a man…she even has
to talk as a man…she has to behave as a
man in the office. And in the process, she
destroys her femininity” (Hosein)
• It is important for a woman to be feminine
because it is part of her character.
• “Not only does the woman loose her
femininity…she looses her fertility.
Wherever the revolution has taken place,
there has been declining fertility rates.”
(Hosein)
15. Affects on her family
• Women often have to work harder and make
greater sacrifies than men.
• Women have to work double because they still
need to care for their families but also have to
go out and support them.
• There has been a dramatic increase in divore
rates. (Klee)
16. Affects on her children
• Once the mother leaves for work, the
only one who cares for the child is a
babysitter or other care provider.
• The child is then without the loving
care he or she needs to grow and
follow in their footsteps.
• Also, as divorce rates increase, the
children are affected the most. They
then embrace violence, drugs, etc.
because of the anger and humiliation
which builds up inside them. (Hussein)
17. Why I chose this topic
I chose to do my research on the unwanted effects of
liberation on women because it has always been a question I
have in mind. When we first think about women’s increased
freedom it seems perfect. But we never really acknowledge
how some of our modern problems could be linked with that
freedom.
18. What I learned and its impact on my
life
I learned that as we women are so concerned about our
freedom, we do not realize how free we may already be. To stay
home and care for and raise a family, why shouldn’t that be called
liberation?
I also learned that human beings should never go to extemes. If
the woman should stay home, then she should not become
imprisoned. And if she is given some freedom, she should not push
aside her obligations of being a mother or wife.
19. Conclusion
When women remain outside the house
due to her increase in liberation, the effects
can create stressful problems. A woman can
enjoy her modern gain of equality and
freedom but only to a certain extent. If she
goes too far it can effect her health, family,
marriage, and children in a way which could
break her.
20. Works Cited
"BBC NEWS | Health | Housework Cuts Breast Cancer Risk." BBC
News - Home. 29 Dec. 2006. Web. 23 May 2011.
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/6214655.stm>.
Bogan, Dallas. "AMERICAN WOMEN DURING WORLD WAR II."
TNGenNet, TNGenWeb Project, Inc.Tennessee Genealogy at Its
Best. Home Page. Web. 23 May 2011.
<http://www.tngenweb.org/campbell/hist-
bogan/WW2Women.html>.
Hosein, Imran. "Ehsan." YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. 17 Jan. 2011.
Web. 19 May 2011.
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MBGRvCtMxE&NR=1>.
Klee, Mary Beth, John Cribb, and John Holdren, eds. "Ongoing
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