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Author:
Joshua Gardner
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Date Posted: 22:47:03 07/05/10 Mon
In reply to:
Dr. magun-Jackson
's message, "Assignment 5" on 11:39:05 07/05/10 Mon
I was able to see the gender role demonstration in a very unique way. I was raised in a two parent household until I was 13, and then my parents divorced and I lived with my mother until I left for college. During the first thirteen years off my life my parents were together, but even then they did not share the typical division of household responsibilities. In the early years, my father worked and my mother was a stay at home mom. My father worked full-time to provide for our family, and my mother took care of my brother and me. In addition to provider, my father would cut the grass, make repairs on the house and cars, and plan our family vacations. My mother cooked, cleaned, did the laundry, and took care of my brother and me. When I was 7, my father was laid off from work for several months. During this time my mother started working as a waitress, while my father was looking for his next career job. My mother took over the role of provider for the family, but my father did not take over any of her roles and responsibilities. He spent more time with my brother and me, but left my mother to keep her responsibilities for after work. When I was 13, my parents got divorced and my father moved out. My mother continued to be the provider for my brother and me, as he and I began to fill the roles that my father had previously occupied. It was odd to my brother and I that my father didn’t accept any extra responsibilities after my mother took over working to provide for the family. Once they divorced, my mother took a second job in addition to her previous responsibilities. My brother and I learned about hard work and watched our mother sacrifice to provide for us. As we grew older, both of us learned to cook and wash our own laundry doing our best to help our mother. From watching my parents, I originally learned that the father was in charge of providing for the family and the mother was responsible for all of the household activities. After the divorce, I realized that the roles and responsibilities are interchangeable; both parents and the children, regardless of gender, should help with what they can.
This list is stereotypically how the tasks are divided, although I believe that either gender is capable of each task:
Working/Providing for the Family BOTH
Laundry FEMALE
Take Out the Garbage MALE
Repair the House MALE
Repair the Car MALE
Wash Dishes FEMALE
Cooking FEMALE
Iron FEMALE
Staying Home with Children FEMALE
Cut the Grass MALE
Gardening MALE
Dust/Sweep FEMALE
Planning Vacations MALE
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