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I thought it was interesting that he brought up the Christmas Tree and lighting the house as a form of how electricity was used. The reason is that by talking about the changes in how electricity influenced a traditional holiday also shows how much of an impact that electricity had on the average family. And as this impact also went into children toys and how they were played with. As Megan said, even that approach became gendered. I also found the argument that not only did electricity enforce gender roles, but it also changed them. From the first paragraph you get the sense that the expectations between genders and even children differed in how the consumed electricity. Also the reaction for feminists to how electricity could change the domestic sphere was interesting. Some were for it, and others against it. For the first time girls learned about domestic sciences, or home economics. (I may be wrong but is this how Mary Washington started?) The women learned how to work with the new electrical appliances, whereas the men learned how to make them. -Jenn Arndt | I thought it was interesting that he brought up the Christmas Tree and lighting the house as a form of how electricity was used. The reason is that by talking about the changes in how electricity influenced a traditional holiday also shows how much of an impact that electricity had on the average family. And as this impact also went into children toys and how they were played with. As Megan said, even that approach became gendered. I also found the argument that not only did electricity enforce gender roles, but it also changed them. From the first paragraph you get the sense that the expectations between genders and even children differed in how the consumed electricity. Also the reaction for feminists to how electricity could change the domestic sphere was interesting. Some were for it, and others against it. For the first time girls learned about domestic sciences, or home economics. (I may be wrong but is this how Mary Washington started?) The women learned how to work with the new electrical appliances, whereas the men learned how to make them. -Jenn Arndt | ||
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| + | The coming about of electricity in these household items really shows us now looking back the importance of gender roles and the emphasis that was placed on the traditional American family. When these tools came about it was instantly expected that the women begin utilizing these tools to improve family life for everyone. They were no longer ordinary wives, but rather it seems employed as engineers to conduct themselves in a certain way all day in which to conserve as much time as possible to increase their daily output, yet to expect no profits for their daily tasks. I would imagine they weren’t really even shown much appreciation because it appears it was expected and required. --Sheri Foster | ||
== Pursell reading == | == Pursell reading == | ||
