The Twenty-first Century Woman

For a long time women were seen as being either a mother, a wife, or both. A woman who decided she wanted a role outside the home was looked upon as “consciously [choosing] a life” which was unacceptable to most people (Harris, McNamara 173). The wife or mother was bound to the house. Her main jobs were to make sure the house was cleaned, the children were fed, and her husband was happy (Brady 361). She never contemplated on doing anything more. She had no place in the outside world. It was not that the female was dumb, but that she was not up to date when it came to the outside world. For decades the woman was oppressed and seen as inferior compared to men. Their so called delicate bodies were only built for child bearing. Their minds were not fluid enough to retain the instruction that went along with the processes that lead to working. To the men, women were not anatomically built for such pressures. But the twenty-first century women had something to prove.

Until recently women were not allowed to be doctors (Stone 1). In the medical field women usually would not surpass being a nurse, and that itself was a hard position for a women to withhold. With the recent push from women to get out the house and into the work place there has been a slight change to the game plan. More and more women are pushing their minds a bit harder to not only enter medical school but finishing it as their class leaders. Females are intrigued by the hard work, the mind blowing advances in the health system, and the body itself. With this more women are actually becoming successful doctors.

With constant rejection, many young women began to want to change the world and were determined to do it. They wanted to make a difference. The biggest i...

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...er footsteps. It has been proven that in the medical field, women are just as valuable with the title of doctor as men are. The twenty-first century woman is cute enough to stop a heart and now skilled enough to restart it.

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