Women's change?

In around 1950s in the US, there used to be more house wives. At that moment, women are considered to stay at home as house wives. That is why we still have image of women being at home for house work. Do you think it is still the same in 2011? Or would you think there is any change?

I would assume that you think it is getting different. More women have opportunities to work and even promote their position nowadays. Women's opportunities or change in employment, for instance, have you ever seen the film nine to five? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVKTZ4CEM90 This film tells us the change of women's image. We are in a period that women started to have more freedom such as having jobs and career.

When I was a child, my mother was a house wife, and only my father had job. I assume that this is typical image of gender role which we used to have. Would you think children in 2011 have the same image of gender role? They might have the same image, but more children would probably have the different image of gender role.

In Japan, for example, parents who use day care for children are increasing in 2010 compare to 10 years ago according to Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in Japan. This means, of course, more wives work so they need day care for their children. I would say children would not have the same image of gender role what children in 10 years ago used to have because more women work.

If this situation continued, women get strong position at work or even society, what would be the influence for men? Is there any change for men as well?