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Savannah Simpson
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Date Posted: 20:19:09 07/07/10 Wed
In reply to:
Savannah Simpson
's message, "Re: Assignment 5" on 20:11:48 07/07/10 Wed
>>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.
Mom's Task
-cooking
-cleaning
-sewing
-errands
-carpool
-school related activities
Dad's Tasks
-grilling
-yard work
-fixing household items
-moving heavy items
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