SumBlog 9

Erving Goffman and the Presentation of Self caught my interest.  That we as people put on a show or go out on stage when we are in front of others or in general society.  Our status is our social position in life, who we are to others (ie. sister, student, teacher) but our role is more so the expected behaviors of this status.  With these two terms we create a self label which gives us a front stage (in public) and a back stage (in private).
In our society we view women as care givers, and wives, but society has been changing and many mothers have been seen in the work force having a career, and a family.  Women are striving to become equal and accepted in society.  But many still think that they only role for a women is to stay at home and take care of the children, that their status is Mom.

To me this picture can prove that women are strong professional people who can handle not only a full time job but also handle a house hold.  That women can take on many status's and roles and prove wrong to those who doubt them.