Gender Role in the new times - Essay start help

Hey I need help on how to start an essay. My task is to write an essay in response to the question:

"Times have changed; gender roles are no longer clearly defined."

Please give me some tips on how to start and what to put in the essay because i really suck at writing essays.

And it has to be 1000~1500 words *SO LONG >:(*

Thanks for any help

Hi,
Introduction
the topic is not too hard and many psychologists and sociologists have focused on this issue through last few years. U should open the introduction with a motivator. The motivator can be a historical event or the roles of men and women in society changing. People love the history because it is something like story. Or u can open the first paragraph with a personal experience. Statistic is another option. Talk about the the number of men and women who work today and compare it with last centuries.

Then u need to writ a thesis statement. What are you going to discuss in the essay? What is the main idea of the essay? answer these questions as a thesis statement in the introduction.

The next step is a blueprint. Write a sentence to connect the introduction to the body. What issues are you going to argue in the body? the answer of this question is a blueprint. It can be the role of gender in political, social, and psychological issues.

Body :(explain the issues that u mentioned as blueprint. For example: in the first paragraph write how men and women contribute to political problems. In the nex paragraph write about civic roles of men and women, and so on.

Conclusion : Reword the introduction and briefly state the main points that u discussed throughout the essay. , then write a clincher.

Regards
Ahmad

THANKS :)

Can you please suggest me an historical event

Like if i do WW2 do i start my introduction like

During World War 2 ...

I really suck at writing so im kinda asking simple questions

I would refer to how women were treated in society and how the view has changed.

hope that helps!

Hi,

This is really very good topic to write essay. You can write it, just start your essay as Ahmad suggested. If still you are unable to, I would like to suggest you that read some other essay on forum so that you can get some ideas about how to write introduction.

Hope this helps:)

Good Luck!!

Ana.

Hi,
I found some websites that u can find very good ideas in each of them.

goddesswithin.com.au/documents/ChangingRoleOfWomen.pdf

bookrags.com/essay-2005/5/23/231755/036

wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_role_of_woman_in_the_past