ESSAY OUTLINE ( FOR IELTS ) Topic 6: Family –children- women SECTION 3: WOMEN 1. Descibe the role of women in a typical family in Vietnam • the tasks women usually perform in the home. • Whether men have different responsibilities to women • What roles male and female parents take in bringing up children How satisfied males and females are with the current situation. 2) Topic51:"Fatherhood ought to be emphasized as much as motherhood. The idea that women are solely respondible for deciding whether or not to have babies leads to the idea that they are also responsible for bringing the children up." To what extent to you agree or disagree? here Why fatherhood should be emphasized as much as motherhood in the raising of children. - If the decision to have babies is shared by both parents, then the responsibility for raising children is more likely to be shared as well. The role of father should have the same importance as that of mother. - Fathers are important to children as male role models. - Traditionally, Japanese fathers are expected to teach their children about the real world and the importance of work. - More and more women are working outside their homes to make ends meet despite the fact that they are still raising a family. - As more and more women elect to have both family and career they need more help from their husbands. - For example fathers should share household chores with mothers in such areas as cooking, cleaning and laundry. - Women also need psychological support from men since the raising of children &endash; especially younger children&emdash;can be exhausting. - In conclusion, the father''s role and the mother''s role should be equally emphasized because not only does shared parenting ease the burden, but also gives children a broader perspective on behaviour. 3. The position of women in society has changed markedly in the last twenty years. Many of the problems young people now experience, such as juvenile delinquency, arise from the fact that many married women now work or are not at home to care for their children.To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion? TheCambridge 2 –163., Cuc 22. here How disadvantages of working women toward juvenile? • Most working married women have no time for their children. - As a result they are no longer an authority for their offspring. - Their jobs take 8 hours of their day or sometimes even more, so children are not able to communicate with their mothers and do not receive information and knowledge from them. - Consequently Children do not want to obey their parents'' rules. They trust and believe more in their friends than their parents and therefore get involved in more trouble than if they had listened to their mothers. • Second, the personal values of married women who work change so they care more about their jobs than their children. - In response, children protest and do bad things to attract their mothers'' attention. • Work brings money and personal satisfaction for the married women but it affects children''s education so they are more likely to be involved in criminal action. Why this is not a direct cause of the indisputable increase in juvenile – related problems during this period? - It is now accepted that young women should find work on leaving school; indeed to rely totally on their parents’ financial support is no longer an option in many families. - Likewise, once they get married, the majority of women continue working since the financial pressures of setting up a house and establishing a reasonable standard of living often require two incomes. - Twenty years ago it was common for women to give up work once they had children and devote their time to caring for their children. - This is no longer the general rule and the provision of professionally run child care facilities and day nurseries have romoved much of the responsibility for child rearing that used to fall to mothers. - However, these facilities come at a cost and often require two salaries coming into a family to be afforded. - the increase in the number of working mothes has not resulted in children being brought up less well than previously. - By giving mothers the opportunity to work and earn money children can be better provided for than previously. - There is more money for luxuries and holidays and a more secure family life is possible. - Of course there are limits as to the amount of time that ideally should be spent away from home and the ideal scenario would be for one of the parents (often the wife) to have a part – time job and thus be available for their children before and after school. - It is important to establish the correct balance between family life and working life. 4. Fathers are just as capable as mothers of taking care of children, so men should share parenting work more equally with women. Agree/ disagree? 5. Many people believe that women make better parents than men and that this is why they have the greater role in raising children in most societies. Others claim that men are just as good as women at parenting Write an essay expressing your point of view. Give reasons for your answer. ParentCambridge 2 – 157. • I believe that child – rearing should be the responsibility of both parents and that, whist the roles within that partnership may be different, they are nevertheless equal in importance. - In some countries, it has been made easier over the years for single parents to raise children on their own. - However, this does not mean that the traditional family, with both parents providing emotional and role – models for their children, is not the most satisfactory way of bringing up children. - how we define ‘responsible for bringing the children up’. - At is simplest, it could mean giving the financial support neccesary to provide a home, food and clothes and making sure the child is safe and receives an adequate education. This could be the basic definition. - Another possible way of defining that part of the quotation. - That would say it is not just the father’s responsibility to provide the basics for his children, while his wife involves herself in the everyday activity of bringing them up. - Rather, he should share those daily duties, spend as much time as his job allows with his children, play with them, read to them, help directly with their education, participate very fully in their lives and encourage them to share his. The economic and employment situation in many countries means that jobs are getting more, not less, stressful, requiring long hours and perhaps long journeys to work as well. Therefore it may remain for many a desirable ideal rather than an achievable reality. 6) Topic: Most high level jobs are done by men. Should the government encourage a certain % of these jobs to be reserved for women? You should spend no more than 40 minutes on this task. You should write a minimum of 250 words. – Cuc 11 • Most of the jobs in society that are high-paying, powerful, and demand a lot of responsibility are held by men. I do not believe this situation arose because women are incapable of doing high-level work. I believe society could benefit if more women were in postions of power and therefore I think the government should reserve a percentage of these jobs for females. Why should government encourage a certain % of high level jobs for women? • This situation is not because of the incapability of women • Firstly, the problem of unfair employment distribution appears to come from social convention and not competence or true ability. - At a young age most girls are not encouraged to pursue political office, business success, or professional prestige . - On the other hand, boys are told to do these things. - As a result, men hold the high level jobs but this does not mean they are very good at what they do. - If the government set a quota for hiring women to do high level work, such as working in the government itself, then perhaps women would be more inspired to be ambitious in their life plans and contribute to a less-than perfect society. • Regulations in the workplace for hiring women would not be a new thing. - Although not written or made into law, there seems to be rules for who can and cannot have high-level jobs. - For instance, if a man and a woman both competed for the presidency of a company or even the country, and both were equally qualified and had the same experience and background, there is little doubt who would get the job. - Even more, if the man was less qualified and less experienced than the woman, the man would still probably get the job because of his sex. - Therefore, to legislate a percentage of high level jobs for women would work to fight the unwritten sexist rules of the workplace. - A quota system would break down some barriers in the short-term. Sexism in the workplace will not just magically disappear. - Why should not? - The injustice and discrimination could be reversed. - This is to say that some qualified men might be denied a job while some unqualified women would be given one. - Also, the problem of sexism at work could be worsened instead of being overcome. People would doubt whether a women with a high level job was "truly capable"--men might feel bitterness and resentment, while women might think less of themselves and begin to depend on government "charity". - Furthermore, there is the problem of defining what is a high-level job and determining an appropriate percentage. ( Final statement that supports my opinion again.) 7) Women will play an increasingly important role in the work place of the future. -Preparation and practice –152. Why women will make up a large percentage of the workforce? - Due to the recession in the developed world, companies are reluctant to take on full – time workers, who usually expect health care, a pension scheme and redundancy payments when dismissed. - Instead, many employers prefer to hire people at an hourly rate. These employees tend to be women. - A lot of women can’t commit themselves to a forty – hour week as they have children to look after. This is particularly true for single parent families, where the woman have to look after the children herself. - There may also be the perception that a woman is only working to supplement her husband’s income and so full –time work is not as important. - It is also be true to say that increasing sexual equality has meant that more women are reaching management positions. - This in turn would mean that the number of women also increase in lower positions, as women would be keen to employ other women. - If this is the case, this trend must be expected to continue. It seems likely that the number of working women will continue to increase over the nect few years as companies continue to seek a workforce that would be eaily dismissed and is more flexible in their working hours. Athough this may be a good thing in terms of sexual equality, it is a major setback in terms of worker rights. 8. When mothers go out to work, their families suffer. 9. Have the changing roles of women good for women and society? –cuc 25 Both women and society have been disadvantaged by women’s emancipation. She supports this argument by showing that the changing role of women has caused: - regression of women’s conditions to 19th century level - after having been freed of work outside the home in the 19th century, women are now doing both paid employment and housework again. - lowering of the breadwinner’s wage. - Collapse of family solidarity. - Men neglectful of their families. - Juvenile deliquency. - High unemployment. - Women to be dissatisfied with homemaking but still performing similar tasks in the new employment area –service. - Women to accept inappropriate and unpleasant jobs. - Women to deny their feminine nature. - Casual attitude to sex, resulting in: - Baby hunger. - Infertility. - Sexual transmitted diseases. - Abortion. . ESSAY OUTLINE ( FOR IELTS ) Topic 6: Family –children- women SECTION 3: WOMEN 1. Descibe the. ideal scenario would be for one of the parents (often the wife) to have a part – time job and thus be available for their children before and after school.