USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -According to social role theory, women are viewed as being responsible for caregiving tasks. Especially women born in the first half of the 20th century have learned to nurture and care from childhood on (Stoller, 1992). Women and men internalize gender norms and come to view caring as women’s work (Glauber, 2016).

Detailed explanation-2: -These roles consist of female homemakers planning and accomplishing the tasks of daily living such as grocery shopping, washing dishes and doing laundry, organizing the home, organizing routine maintenance on the home, child care, and working a full-time job.

Detailed explanation-3: -Women provide the majority of informal care to spouses, parents, parents-in-law, friends and neighbors, and they play many roles while caregiving-hands-on health provider, care manager, friend, companion, surrogate decision-maker and advocate. Many studies have looked at the role of women and family caregiving.

Detailed explanation-4: -The traditional social role of women is that of the lady of the house, taking care of the family, being focused on children and their happiness.