9 Amazing Social Roles Of A Woman

A woman is a natural gifted social human being. Nature has bestowed her with the unique gift of nurturing the future generation within herself. Home is a complete home when it has the woman XX factor in it, be it a mother, wife, or sister, daughter.

Irrespective of whatever role a woman is in, she should not lose her identity and dignity as an individual. Self-knowledge, self-respect, education, and willingness to adapt to new changes, to balance and overcome any circumstances make anyone say ‘wow-man!’ for a woman.

No wonder the Statue of Liberty, the lady justice, the motherland, the mother tongue represent the importance of various roles of a woman, don’t they?

Here is the list of 9 social roles a woman can handle and maintain at the same time.

Role of the 24×7 home manager

A woman maintains and looks after the home to make it a heaven on earth. She is the administrator, warrior at the upfront for her home. Women share this responsibility bit by bit with their growing daughters, expecting to carry the same tradition to the next generation.

She is the decision-maker, a target achiever, maintainer of balance between freedom of expression and decency amongst the family members for her establishment called “the home.”

Each ‘woman home manager’ uniquely plays her role depending on the home’s status and circumstances. Hence there cannot be any comparison or competition between the two houses.

Do you realize and agree that home management is one of the most demanding and never-ending unthankful multitasked work women have been doing with their love, intelligence, and affection perennially?

Role of a wife, the better half

Irrespective of the various roles, a wife is an exclusive role only for her husband. She shares a symbiotic relationship with her husband. A wife need not be perfect always but should try her best to fulfil her role. Each wife has a customized role to play, and no two wives are the same at a given time.

No husband can or should compare his wife with anyone else’s and vice versa. Together, both should have their own set of understandings and adjustments to lead a happy, peaceful married life. This symbiotic relationship has to be mutual. Ideally, there should not be anyone’s interference or indulgence in the husband-wife relationship without the couple’s consent.

A person can behave differently with everyone else and be different as a couple. Hence sometimes it does become a luck game when it comes to choosing a life-partner. The better half, as the name rightly suggests about the woman’s role in her husband’s life of being an intimate friend, mentor, partner.

Do you think a Wife has to compromise and adjust more than the husband, or it’s the other way or both ways??

Daughter, a soft corner of the family

Blessed is the family which has a daughter. The new generation believes in equality between son and daughter. The law, too, gives equal opportunity to the daughter in the hierarchy.

However, the daughter should not take undue advantage of only the benefits but also willingly share the responsibility of the family. With giving more attention to all the needs and fancies of daughters, have we unintentionally neglected or taken-for-granted the boys in their grooming, upbringing, and expectations?

Sister, the best friend within the family

A sister is next to the mother. She switches the role whenever required. At times she is the pampered mischief-making sister, and at times she is like the loving, caring mother.

The sharing concept comes into play when there is a sibling. It becomes a vice if it gets converted to snatching other’s rights, happiness through various modes.

At her maiden side, she needs to be less interfering, and as a sister-in-law, she needs to set an example of being an integral part of the family.

The moments shared with sisters are always cherished and bring a smile with their memories. We can sit back and go nostalgic with the sisterly love and care, the mischievous pranks, and the little childish fights.

Mother, the vital heart of the family

It is the female-led relation. A mother can churn, mould, guide the life of the next generation. The mother-tongue is so-called because most of the time, the baby spends is with its mother, and from her, it picks up the first sounds, words.

Mother dutifully passes the family values and traditions to the next generation. She can be held responsible for the success and failure in the upbringing of her children.

The mother’s role is lifelong but has varieties to be performed. She has to be stern, loving, caring, friend, role model, guide, supervisor, honorary volunteer in her children’s life. Any part wrongly done creates a tiff in the family.

Mother-in-Law

Mother-in-law, the role legally accepted as a second mother. She is often held responsible for family conflicts. And this blame game runs for generations. The early she adapts n accepts to the fact that her child’s life is shared and interfered by another being, the happier she and in-turn the family will be.

She was once in the same shoe as her daughter-in-law. So It becomes more comfortable for her to relate and make things easy for the daughter-in-law.

Daughter-in-Law, the vulnerable entity of making or breaking the family

This role requires her patience, understanding, and adapting nature to win the hearts of the new family into which she has entered. She needs to be flexible to imbibe the new in-law house practices over her maiden house practices.

The acceptance within the new family has to be from both sides. It is a challenging role. So any prenotions may not be of any help. Hence with an open mind and warm heart, the woman should step into the world of in-laws.

Working woman by choice or by the need

Since ages, women have worked, and there has never been any fuss about it. But when she puts her work before the family, the home gets affected. The earlier the signs of disturbance in a family are noticed and attended, the better.

Women keeping a balance between work life and family life can walk away gracefully on the red carpet of life. Sometimes one overrides the other circumstantially. Hence the woman needs to prioritize the importance of each in her life and act accordingly.

Personal Individuality and Identity

The woman has to love and live for herself too. Right from birth and enacting all various amazing social roles throughout life, she has to have in the back of her mind always her “me time” – for her self.

Every woman should have a plan for taking that “me time” out from the daily routine roles she plays. It does not mean one should avoid or run away from the responsibility or duties of the roles she has, but like a lotus in the pond untouched by water, she too must have that special untouched moment of hers for herself. One needs to think and work in that direction also.

I welcome your suggestions and comments. I hope this article acts as a stimulus to understand what it is to be in the shoes of a woman’s different roles. Do share your experiences of your understanding of a woman you came across. Keep tuned as I shall be upgrading and updating with more articles.

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