I enjoyed the presentation very much. I think it is common that their will always be a a divide in gender roles. That is what I took away from it. It is so embedded in our society that it is hard to break that norm. I know from some people that they want to stay home with their kids and consider it a luxury. I think they reason behind why people are stay at home mom is much different. Mom have the choice to go out and work and for the most they need to because we live in a society were duel incomes are need. most family need two parents working. I think many stay at home mother see it has a luxury if they only have to work part time or not at all.
Personally I know my mother wanted to be a stay at home mom. She was able to do because we were fortunate to make enough money off my Dad's income. Then even we she got jobs she only worked at jobs that were flexible with hours and gave her lots of vacation time. It wasn't until I graduated high school did she re entered the work force with a typical 9-5 job.
If when her being a stay at home mom she didn't do all the work around the house. My dad worked for the family business and would come home during lunch cook for us or he would pick up dinner. Both he and mom would clean the house. But at the same time we had a housekeeper who came twice a week. When it came to yard work my mom did some put also we had a service they came every few weeks. I just think that the questions they ask did not lead for other options rather than mom,dad, or both.
I have to step parents, my life from when I was under 7 then until 14 (when my dad got remarried), When I turned 17 (When my mom's boyfriends moved) the duties that they formed have changed and been different. I have never had one steady way of seeing the division of labor in the house.
Because family are do different and transforming I think they have to take the new modern family into account.
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