Traditional Gender Roles : My Family

Growing up in Iran I had automatically had less control over my autonomy. This is due to the male dominant society that has placed limitations and expectations on females. These exceptions and limitations can range from enforcing a strict dress code to not having the civil right as a female to be alone in public alone without placing herself in danger. Through socialization these have become social norms in the Iranian culture that have resulted in explicit and implicit gender roles. According to Berger and Luckmann, socialization can be deconstructed into two parts: primary and secondary socialization (1967). In primary socialization, a child is taught by significant others what are appropriate

There were a few television shows that reinforce the traditional gender roles assigned to both men and woman. “I Love Lucy”, “The Jeffersons”, “Goodtimes”, “All in the Family”, “My Wife and Kids”, and “Fresh Prince of Bell Air” were all traditional gender role television shows. All of these shows had the men working and the women were taking care of everything at home. “The Jeffersons” were a little different than the rest because they had Florence there to do all of the housework and Mrs. Jefferson didn’t do much at all around the house unless she wanted to of course. Another show was “The Brady Bunch” this show was also different from the rest because although they had Alice there to help Ms. Brady because she had a lot of children,

After analyzing the hit TV show “Leave it To Beaver,” I noticed how different the gender roles, both male and female, are portrayed much differently than our modern-day gender roles. For example, in the YouTube clip: “Beavers Big Contest,” it seemed that the mother was staying home, cleaning the house, folding the laundry, etc. while the father was working all day. As mentioned in chapter 3, the husband was most definitely responsible for the families’ economic survival. We still have these kinds of situations today, but there are also many more families where the roles are reversed and the family is depending on the woman for their economic survival. Aside from that, the family relationships that were observed also seemed slightly different than the relationship I have with my family. For example, everybody in the family was present. Moreover, there wasn’t any separation or divorce. Today, divorce in families is much more common and often expected. Also, Beaver would always refer to his father as sir. I know that my family does not use the terms ‘sir’ or ‘ma’am’ while addressing each other. I also haven’t seen

Traditional gender roles are typical roles for men and women based on biological and social differences. The book describes two benefits of traditional gender roles for males as: Higher Income and Other Job Related Advantages and Less Domestic Work and Marital Stress. Men are expected to always provide a stable income for the home. As personal experience in my household, my dad’s paychecks were always higher than my mom’s. He worked as head of security of a grade school making over $3,000+ a month, meanwhile my mom working as a homecare nurse made only $2,000. Because my dad’s income was higher, he was always expected to pay majority of the bills such as rent, cable, lights, car notes, and insurance. My mom paid for the smaller bills such

My concept of gender roles are very different from my parents. To compare; my father believes that a women should stay home but if the father couldn’t provide then the women should work. While this view isn’t completely negative, it is a very

In this session, I will discuss the gender roles in my family. The definition of gender role is the degree to which a person adopts the gender-specific behaviors ascribed by his or her culture (Matsumoto, D. R., & Juang 2013, 156). For example, traditional gender roles recommend that males are aggressive, angry, and unemotional. It goes further and explains that the male should leave the home every day to make a living and be the main wage earner. The traditional gender role for the female purpose is to stay at home and care for the children. It explains that the female is to be nurturing, caring, and emotional (Matsumoto, D. R., & Juang 2013, 156). These traditional roles for female and male are the opposite of one another. It is believed that the culture is likely to influence our perception about gender role in a family. In my family, my parents utilize the traditional gender role. Growing up, my father went to work every day and my mother stayed home with me and my sister. I believe my parents were influence by their parents and their culture to be traditional gender role parents. My father explained to me that they chose traditional parenting role because both sides of the family utilized traditional parenting gender roles. I believe my parents felt pressure to obtain the gender roles of the mother staying home with the children while the father worked. However, when my younger sister was old enough to go to school, my mother started to work. It was believed that when

With the passing of my mother, I no longer reflect on , defining gender roles within my family anymore. My father role was now the financial provider and homemaker. He took me to school every day, made sure I had dinner each night and when I needed

A single mom and a widowed grandma raised me. It could be assumed that I would fall in line with stereotypical feminine roles based on what Henslin has to say about gender messages in the family, but nothing could be farther from the truth. He states, “Our parents are the first to introduce us to the gender map. Sometimes they do this consciously, perhaps by bringing into play pink and blue, colors that have no meaning in themselves but that are now associated with gender”, but I started life in a red and blue room and overalls. In a house with three women, there were no gender roles, only jobs to be done. When I gave birth to a baby boy, I set out to raise him gender neutral as I had been. Though there are many social hurdles, over all, I have managed to continue the tradition of trying to remove gender

In this self-analysis, I look at how my sex, gender, and race-ethnicity influenced my concept of family and traditional gender roles. Education as a minority has forced an awareness on the disproportion of men and women in STEM majors. Navigating through stereotypes, cultural differences, and similarities amongst family, peers, and strangers has been an ongoing voyage in my life. The opportunities my upbringing and culture has afforded and the consequences of chances are critical in how I balance multiple statuses. Identifying as a double minority has affected my life experiences and potential career options will also be reflected upon.

Although gender roles have come to a certain amount of change, American society has created greater peer pressure for females. Culture shaped gender, and has allowed social media to establish the ideal male and female creating a harmful environment to grow up in. affects every aspect of our life, from how we feel about ourselves as well as the nature and extent of our participation in social and civic life. In my culture the gender roles consist of the mother working, cooking, cleaning, & yelling. The gender roles of the father consist of working, paying the bills & being laid back. Our expectations are different from the American culture from the language, our up brining, discipline, education, religion &

Gender ideologies play a big role in families and has evolved drastically over time. Parents haven’t had the same equal positions in the family or followed the assumptions based on society’s view. Societies have always had traditional ways of life, such as, women as the nurtures and men as the money makers. As the years go by people change their ways of life, the idea of family has shifted. Many new roles are now more accepted in today’s time. Families are what makes us who we are and what we do. I grew up in a very happy household with parents who believed a family is the most important aspect in someone’s life. With that idea in mind and my Asian background shaped my parent’s beliefs about divorce, which they were always against. They believed that they chose each other for a reason and believed that they can overcome any struggles. In 1995, my parents, Billy and Vivian, married and had their first daughter in 1997 named Marilyn. After a year they had their most awesome second daughter which was me, and eventually they had their last child named Steve in 2001. Growing up, my mom stayed at home to take care of her three kids whereas my dad mostly worked. My father worked at a company restaurant and later my mom began her career as a nail technician.

has begun to form. When we meet a new person, we are instantly judging whether they are male

Gender roles, the public image of being a particular gender that a person presents to others (gender roles, n.d.), have seen many changes through the years, especially in families. The changes can be seen in many aspects, including television shows, from the traditional family in the I Love Lucy sitcom of the 1950s to the plethora of shows about women and men who balance working and family life of the 2000s. A traditional family can be defined as “… the ‘natural reproductive unit’ of mom, pop, and the children all living under one roof… (Ball, 2002).” The 1940s, a period dominated by this type of family, were primarily a time of single-income families where the father was the ‘breadwinner’ and the mother the ‘homemaker (Hayghe, H.V., 1990).’

We all know the classic fairy tale of a beautiful princess locked up far and high away in a tower guarded by a dragon waiting for her prince charming to save her. It’s a timeless tell of a knight in shining armor saving his princess, but why did the princess need saving from the tower. Couldn’t she have been contempt in the tower? Why did a Prince charming have to save her, when Princess Charisma was just as brave enough as her brother? Moral of the story why did the princess have a prince rescue her. Women can do the same as a man can. Traditional gender roles in relationships have been around for years and years. They have been an outline for most heterosexual relationships. The man brings home the bacon and the woman cooks it. That’s

Within and across different cultures, we can find great consistency in standards of anticipated gender roles. In the United States, like many other countries, males are expected to be independent, assertive, and competitive. Females are expected to be more passive, sensitive, and supportive. For example, when a woman gives birth, she is the one that is expected to stay home and take care of her children while the father goes to work and is the breadwinner for the family. In society, it is more acceptable and common to see the women stay home and take care of the house and children while the husband goes to work instead of the other way around. Stay at home dads are not as common as stay at home moms. However, it is up to the individuals on what they decide as a couple. Because of this, gender appropriate behaviors can be seen because of sex segregation and starting at young ages.