With this division, two separate spheres were created- the public sphere of the man and the private sphere of the woman. The men were considered the “breadwinners” and the women were expected to both take care of the house and to assist men. By placing women into the private sphere, it takes them away from all responsibilities outside of the family. Myra Marx Ferree agrees with this idea in her article “Beyond Separate Spheres: Feminism and Family Research” when she says, “…much conventional research on families treats (women) as more or less closed units that can be understood in isolation from other social institutions” (Ferree, 866). With the division between the two spheres, one sees a strain on relationships because the political or economical goals of a male will not always align with the goals of women, who are more focused on the
With this division, two separate spheres were created- the public sphere of the man and the private sphere of the woman. The men were considered the “breadwinners” and the women were expected to both take care of the house and to assist men. By placing women into the private sphere, it takes them away from all responsibilities outside of the family. Myra Marx Ferree agrees with this idea in her article “Beyond Separate Spheres: Feminism and Family Research” when she says, “…much conventional research on families treats (women) as more or less closed units that can be understood in isolation from other social institutions” (Ferree, 866). With the division between the two spheres, one sees a strain on relationships because the political or economical goals of a male will not always align with the goals of women, who are more focused on the