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Alicia Scott
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Date Posted: 21:45:38 07/07/10 Wed
In reply to:
Lisa Kurts-Crume
's message, "Re: Assignment 5" on 21:40:20 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.
>>
>>I was raised by both my mother and my father. The only
>>sibling that I have is a younger sister, therefore
>>there were no gender specific chores or roles in my
>>home. My father loves being outside and working in the
>>yard therefore my sister nor I ever had to do any
>>chores outside besides pick up our pool toys from the
>>yard. My sister and I did chores at home, but we never
>>thought about gender stereotypes being applied to
>>chores. I was supposed to clean my room, load the
>>dishwasher, told the laundry, and tidy up the kitchen.
>>My sister cleaned her room, took out the trash,folded
>>the towels, and vacuumed. My father just naturally
>>took care of all of the "boy" work outside. Myself or
>>my sister were never girly-girls however and would
>>have done the outside work if asked. I played softball
>>all throughout my childhood and into highschool and my
>>sister took dance and also played ball. We both also
>>had all kinds of toys when we were younger from
>>barbies, sports toys, and remote control monster
>>trucks. This never seemed odd to us as my next door
>>neighbor best friend (and still best friend to this
>>day (: ) also only had a sister and played with the
>>same toys as us. My parents also never forced any
>>gender stereotypes on us. I believe that the way that
>>they raised us would have been the same regardless of
>>our gender.
>>
>>Some typical household chores one might assume
>>girls/women would handle would be:
>>cleaning
>>cooking
>>laundry
>>childcare
>>overall balance keeper
>>
>>Some typical chores that one might assume boys/men
>>would handle might be:
>>yard work
>>fixing things
>>killing bugs(!)
>>teaching kids to play sports
>>cooking (on the grill)
>
>It is good that your parents didn't place
>stereotypical gender rules on you and your sister. I
>remember my sisters and I didn't do the yard work, but
>we sure had to pick up a bunch of sticks so they
>wouldn't hurt the mower. However, I wonder why you say
>that your father "naturally" took care of the boy work
>outside.
>My sisters and I also split up the inside chores, like
>doing the dishes, cleaning the bathroom, sweeping and
>dusting. Our rooms were another matter completely.
>Still, it sounds like you had a pretty good home life
>with parents who taught you responsibility without
>putting restrictions on you regarding toys and sports.
Lisa, thanks for your reply! What I meant by my father naturally doing the "boy" things outside is that he naturally loves being outdoors and working in the yard. I feel that this is a personality characteristic and not a gender one. I also made a point to put "boy" in quotations as it is typically seen as work a guy would do, but that is not necessarily the case. :)
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