Re: Assignment 5 -- Life-span Human Development

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Subject: Re: Assignment 5

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Lisa Kurts-Crume

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Date Posted: 21:22:16 07/07/10 Wed
In reply to: Christopher Todd 's message, "Re: Assignment 5" on 06:55:33 07/07/10 Wed

>I grew up in a family where gender roles were
>reversed. My mother was the bread winner in the
>family, and had the higher educational level. My
>mother was a was school teacher and my father is works
>on copiers and fax machines (so in that respect gender
>roles were in tact). But because of the reversal of
>gender roles I am comfortable with my mate making more
>money than I do, and have a deeper understanding of
>what it means to have freedom in gender roles.
>
>Another model that I took from my parents is my
>willingness to never give up on my dreams and always
>see the best possibilities in people and situations.
>This is something my parents have always preached to
>me, and have viewed as important in their own lives.
>
>One final point on this question, I have departed from
>my family in my choice of profession (Pastor) while
>church was always importnat for our family, it was
>never really something we considered as a profession.
>
>>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.

Christopher, It is good that you are comfortable with stereotypical gender roles being mixed. It makes for a more harmonious home life. And one that that was mentioned in another piece was that household chores can be divided by who would rather do the work or who is better at a particular chore.
It is also good that your parents allowed you the freedom to dream and the incouragement to reach for your dreams. I sure hope you and your partner continue along that road.

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