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Roles of Men and Women in a Family

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Babies are either declared as male or female based on appearances and genes, but that is the only thing that separates them from one another. But as children grow up in adults and start to have families, the roles they are expected to play also make them more different from one another. In a family, the role of a man is to earn a salary and support his family. He is expected to have a good earning job, a car, money, good manners, etc. To his wife, he must be a loving husband who cares about her and always has her back no matter what. He must protect her and her children and be ready to sacrifice himself for them. To his children, he must be a leader and a teacher. He must teach them the way of the world and how to be successful in life. He must always prioritize them and always be there for them. He should also discipline them of their wrong-doings and teach them how to improve themselves as a person. The role of a woman in a family is to take care of the house and take care of t

Freedom to be an Unmarked Woman

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Most men have always satisfied the definition of usual or normal in society when it came to looks and clothes, but it has always been different for Women. Women have always been classified into a certain group. They can either be simple, classy, stylish, etc. Basically, society classifies women into types. According to Deborah Tannen in her essay There Is No Unmarked Woman , this is referred to as "unmarked" since they added so many accessories to the "unmarked" style.  For so long, women have been dressing up in marked styles, and the biggest reason for this can probably be because of society. Society holds high standards for everyone, especially women. Whether they want to or not, women must accept these standards in order to fit in and not be made fun of. Because of this, it might not be possible for a women to be unmarked in our culture today. An unmarked woman might be called simplistic, poor, or even said to have no sense of fashion or style, which can ruin