Thursday, March 5, 2015
Gender Roles in Family Life
In a traditional modern family, each partner has mentally incorporated certain obligations they must complete that society finds proper for them. The wife has to stay at home to do the typical house golf chores while also taking care of the children. The man is expected to go to work to support the family and bring food on the plate. This is very common in many cultures especially in the Mexican American community. I come from a traditional mexican family and gender roles are very much alive in the household. My little brother constantly cries, and even if it may be because of a small reason, I feel he had the right to let out his emotions. My dad on the other hand is always telling him to stop crying because like he says "only girls cry". I always have the urge to argue against him, but I know that it'll never be worth it because he assumes that he is always right and that it is true for almost any family.
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I think that our parents think the way they do because they come from those mexican roots and they were born and raised in Mexico. Not only they are "machistas" but they are also strict, in my opinion, coming from a mexican background, I know how it is to feel pressed by mexican parents and their norms.
ReplyDeleteI see a lot of this in my household as well. Not so much that everyone in my family is expected to do or not to do, but certain things we are guided into doing and taught. Much like your situation, my dad often tells my little brother things of that sort also. When my brother stands a certain way, he's told that it's not right. I agree and disagree at the same time because I see a point in it but yet i don't want my brother to go through the things I hear about.
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