men and women in the wrong place

Society is what we are. everything we say or do or think is part of our society because we are part of our society. anything that happens because of us is happening in our society. a society can be anywhere and any time, with no limits or boundaries or with certain limits and boundaries. both our contrasting and similar ideas make up our culture, therefore our beliefs on certain topics make up the beliefs of our society, if a majority believes in them. the way one gets a majority to believe in something is by appealing to those in power to make them feel more powerful. in the case of jobs and labor in our society, those in power, men, are being appealed to subconsciously by other men who place them in positions of power. this leaves women with little representation or what's left of what the men leave behind. women pick the scraps of what men have given themselves from the beginning of time and keep taking. since from the beginning it was defined that the family is based off of a male figure and that he is supposed to be the breadwinner, that concept has stayed with us the entire time. this means that the men leave the house and deal with the public while the women stay back in the house, taking care of the "scraps" as defined by society. we now believe that housework is female/feminine because men are not the typical people to do it. normally, women do the housework, and when they can't they hire a maid. "70% of these maids are immigrant workers" according to Doreen Corjaval. this already-degrading task of being the master of the private sphere is being lowered even further so low class workers are doing low class jobs, therefore reinforcing our society's common idea that immigrants are incapable of "serious work", while women are the only capable ones of taking care of kids since men don't understand children and the problems which can arise in a household. this simultaneously restricts the jobs each gender can do because of the previously made stereotypes, while also reinforcing these same stereotypes. if we continue to follow these conservative ideals of our ancestors we will never be able to escape the bounds to which we assigned centuries ago. if we ever cross the lines of gendered labor we are discriminated against, or at least questioned. If a man wants to be a teacher, he is immediately checked to make sure he isn't homosexual or a pedophile. in Men and Work "men are very distressed by these negative stereotpes which tend to undermine their self-esteem and to cause them to second guess their motivations for entering these fields" (Bravo & Anna). parents don't believe the male teachers can love their children because they are men, therefore don't understand how to take care of kids. this occurs to men, who are the primary "rulers" of our patriarchal society, so women really don't stand a chance. men are criticized for overstepping and generally are called gay for doing so, but that's the extent of the names being called. for women there are quite a few more select phrases which can affect them in more negative ways. using the same example, female teachers are criticized for leaving their private sphere, getting a real job, and "deciding not to stay home, and went out to get a job" (Bravo & Anna). She is looked down on for leaving her daughter at home and getting a job instead of being a housewife. he is supposed to be in a real "manly" job, while she is supposed to be back in her sphere of the house taking care of the kids. we are stuck for now, until a majorities change, ideas change, and we can look past gender as a reason for labor to affect our dictations of who belongs where.