Discuss the current societal trends regarding gender roles and sexuality in the United States. Do they vary from other cultures?

Introduction

When compared to the rest of the world the U .S . can be considered somewhat "liberal " in the way gender roles and sexuality are interpreted within its society . A hundred years ago maybe even just a few decades ago women in the U .S . were confined to limited roles at home and in the economy and lacked the civil liberties that they enjoy today . It was the advent of World War 2 and the creation of birth control that helped to liberalize women within the U .S . and helped them stand on

equal footing as men . This revolution for women unfortunately did not spread as popular sentiment to all countries . In places such as the Middle East China and Africa even in certain parts of Eastern Europe and Russia women are still marginalized and worse yet are at times treated as nothing more than assets or objects . Since women and men enjoy similar roles within the U .S . it must be mentioned that the U .S . also happens to enjoy a sort of sexual liberalism wherein men and women are free to express themselves in any sexual manner that they want . This has resulted in a diverse sexual orientation present within the country wherein heterosexual relationships coexist beside those of homosexuality , transvestism , transexualism and other such orientations This is due to the freedoms given to them by the U .S . constitution however such liberalness is unfortunately also not present in other cultures . Within cultures such as that present with...