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Author:
Rashunda Stitt
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Date Posted: 16:39:10 07/07/10 Wed
In reply to:
Dr. magun-Jackson
's message, "Assignment 5" on 11:39:05 07/05/10 Mon
Although this is a simple post, it is difficult for me because I grew up in a female dominated household. My father passed away when I was very young so my mother and grandmother raised me. My mother modeled traditional feminine roles for me, but she also taught me to be self-reliant, confident, and outgoing which are traditionally seen as masculine traits. My mother and grandmother both worked outside of the home. My mother is an accountant and my grandmother was an elementary school teacher. At that time, accounting was a male, dominated field. I remember going to work with my mother and her being the only female accountant in the office. The only other women in her building held the position of secretary or custodian. This showed me that women can excel in a male-dominated field. However, once I got older, my mom shared with me some difficulties she encountered as a woman in her field. She wanted to prepare me for any obstacles that I may encounter in life. She told me, “In the real world, you have to learn to sit on your feelings.” She also warned me that if you are too nice, people will take advantage of you. It seems that people that exhibit traditional feminine characteristics are often taken advantage of; my mom did her best to prepare me for that. She demonstrated how to be caring, loving, and loyal while still being firm, confident, and self-sufficient.
When it comes to household tasks, I believe that men and women should split them. Since I grew up in a single parent home, tasks were not split by gender. However, as a woman, there are certain household tasks I do not want to be responsible for. One of those is taking out the garbage. I just hate taking out the garbage. My mother has always hired a man to cut the grass and do yard work. I have absolutely no experience in yard work. The only thing I have ever done yard related is pick pears from a tree we had in our backyard. Those are the only two tasks I would not want to do. As far as cooking, dishes, vacuuming, laundry, ironing, and cleaning, they should be split between the genders.
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