Did the war change the roles and status of Australian women?
World War II did change the roles and status of Australia women. During the Second World War, women had a glimpse of what it was like to work for a wage of their own. When the war ended in 1945, women were expected to go back to their normal lives of just being a house wife and cooking and cleaning all day long. Some liked the idea of going back to their old lives but some liked the feeling of working. They then got their own jobs that would let them keep this feeling of independence and self-satisfaction alive in their bodies.
When the Second World War ended it became clear that women in Australia would play an important role in society. They had played a significant part during the war and had contributed in no small way when it came to winning the war. Therefore, it was acknowledged that they would be given equal rights in all new ways of life. They were given the right to vote and soon women became elected to the parliament. The divorce laws were made simpler and both males and females were given substantial benefits in the case of divorce.
Women are no longer restricted when it comes to fighting in Australia. They have better options than just nursing, medical and voluntary roles. Women have the chance now to actually fight side by side with the men. Women now also have their own services that defend Australia.
Even though women's pay is still generally lower pay then males, females do play a vital part in the workplace. Sexist attitudes are still around in the twenty-first century in and out of the workplace. Most of the time the care of the child in a home is done by women but it now doesn't have to be the women's only job as they can also be in paid employment and men can care for children at home as well. Twenty years ago the majority of women with children were in the paid workforce. Today that figure is now over 60 percent. Even when there are motives for mothers to stay home full-time with their children, like the baby bonuses offered by the Australian Government since 2002, most mothers want to work while they have children. No mother on a decent pay is going to suddenly give up their job and stay home for the temptation of $40 a week.
While some of the rights women have won over the years have come from pressure, things are not going back to the way they were in the twentieth century. The fact that even Tony Abbott no longer thinks that a women's place is at home in the kitchen indicates that the laws are not going to be changed to the way they were in the 1940s.
When the Second World War ended it became clear that women in Australia would play an important role in society. They had played a significant part during the war and had contributed in no small way when it came to winning the war. Therefore, it was acknowledged that they would be given equal rights in all new ways of life. They were given the right to vote and soon women became elected to the parliament. The divorce laws were made simpler and both males and females were given substantial benefits in the case of divorce.
Women are no longer restricted when it comes to fighting in Australia. They have better options than just nursing, medical and voluntary roles. Women have the chance now to actually fight side by side with the men. Women now also have their own services that defend Australia.
Even though women's pay is still generally lower pay then males, females do play a vital part in the workplace. Sexist attitudes are still around in the twenty-first century in and out of the workplace. Most of the time the care of the child in a home is done by women but it now doesn't have to be the women's only job as they can also be in paid employment and men can care for children at home as well. Twenty years ago the majority of women with children were in the paid workforce. Today that figure is now over 60 percent. Even when there are motives for mothers to stay home full-time with their children, like the baby bonuses offered by the Australian Government since 2002, most mothers want to work while they have children. No mother on a decent pay is going to suddenly give up their job and stay home for the temptation of $40 a week.
While some of the rights women have won over the years have come from pressure, things are not going back to the way they were in the twentieth century. The fact that even Tony Abbott no longer thinks that a women's place is at home in the kitchen indicates that the laws are not going to be changed to the way they were in the 1940s.