Have women really experienced progress? Or has their oppression simply changed shape? There is no doubt that women, over time, have gained more power throughout society. From the first and second wave of feminism to today, women have fought and won battles over the political, personal, psychological and sexual aspects of female oppression. In essence, they have experienced and continue to experience a revolution. However, despite this acclaimed progress, women still face significant forms of oppression. Although women have revolutionized themselves in relation to the world, many other aspects of society have not. This phenomenon, originally coined by Arielle Hochschild in her book The Second Shift, is known as a stalled revolution. In essence, while female culture has changed, male culture has not. This has created an unequal, unfair, and oppressive atmosphere for women across the nation. The title of Hochschild's book says it all. Second shift refers to the second shift of work that women are and have been burdened with at home. While they have made tremendous strides in the economy and workforce, their gender roles at home and within society remain the same. Male culture and their ideas about female gender roles have not progressed. As a result, women's needs were not met. Working mothers today work more than any other demographic group, a rough estimate is an entire month of extra work made up of twenty-four hour days. In her book The Second Shift Arlie Hochschild examines this modern oppression of women. He closely observes dozens of families and conducts countless interviews over about 10 years starting in the early 1970s. His research provides an in-depth analysis of… half of the paper… “businesses have done little to meet the needs of working parents, and government has done little to stimulate them” ( ) Essentially Hochschild argues that change it is possible, but really only through government intervention and policy (re)formation. While the economy has been able to transform women, it has not been able to transform the rest of society. It is therefore up to the government and the corporate sector to do so. If the government were to create “a safer environment for the two-job family” and for families in general, men would be pulled out of their gender roles in children's lives. As a result, women would be supported more and society as a whole would orient its culture towards a more family-oriented atmosphere rather than a capitalist atmosphere. ( )Works Cited Hochschild, A. R., & Machung, A. (2003). The second round. New York: Penguin Books.