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Author:
Savannah Simpson
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Date Posted: 20:11:48 07/07/10 Wed
In reply to:
Dr. magun-Jackson
's message, "Assignment 5" on 11:39:05 07/05/10 Mon
>Assignment 5 (Sex roles): July 9
>Social learning theory suggests that parental modeling
>of gender roles may play a critical part in gender
>role identity development. Reflect on what kinds of
>messages or models your own parents demonstrated about
>gender. Post your thoughts and a list of common
>household tasks delineated by gender.
Growing up, my parents were always very traditional when it came to household tasks and gender roles. My father, a blue collar worker,worked(and still does) 12 or 13 days to support my mother, brother and I. He never believed that my mom should work, especially when she had children. All through my childhood my mother never held a job, she stayed home with my brother and I every day to cook clean and do the household chores. I am still grateful to this day that every day after school I got to go home to my mom and not daycare. This being said, my dad never cooked dinner (except for the occasional grilling), and expected it to be on the table when he got home. My mom did all of the errands, chores, and things related to our school activities. My father, however, would mow the grass and always take out the trash. These roles have definitely stuck with me now that I'm 24 and learning to maintain my own house.
With just recently being engaged and living with my fiance, I can see myself doing the same gender related chores as my mother did. I do believe that a couple should split the household tasks, especially when both individuals are working. I do most of the cooking, cleaning, and all of the errands. He does all the yard work (and enjoys it), and takes out the trash. Every other weekend, we have a cleaning day devoted to really scrubbing the whole house, and all these tasks are divided. I feel as if we both pull are weight in the duties of maintaining a nice and clean home, although these tasks are very traditional in gender related tasks.
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