I grew up in a household of 5 people, which included my parents, two siblings and myself. My mother was the lady of the house, so she would cook for the entire family. As a working man, my father would always have his lunch made right in time as he heads out to work and my siblings and I would have lunch ready right as we come back home from school. In the Asian sub continent, it is very common to hire maids as helping hands for a household. So my mother hired two maids to help her with the household chores. This was so that she could attend to our needs as well, which included academic help and taking us for our extra curricular activities such as sports and extra tuition classes. But in our household, it is my mother that prepares all the …show more content…
During a family meal, my mother would serve the food onto my father’s plate first and then onto ours or sometimes, we would do it ourselves. There was no particular routine. However, during big family gatherings, if we host a lunch or dinner, the ladies of the house would always serve the food as the men gathered on the dining table to eat. As old traditions, it was customary that the men ate before the women did. The food would get served to the oldest man seated on the table and it would be served last to my dad. This was done out of respect for the men of the family. But, I believe that overtime, those traditions have changed and it is not mandatory as it was back in the days. My mother yet chooses to serve the food as she says that that is what a good host …show more content…
He goes on to say that men hunt for the household and expect a cooked meal from what they’ve hunted but if women go out to hunt and they don’t come back with anything, that’ll be a problem. This is called double standards and society is to blame for it. However, time has changed and if I take my household as an example, my father does buy the groceries and meat for our household, and my mother does prepare the meals but that is only because my father probably doesn’t know how to cook. If my father cannot go to buy groceries, my mother would gladly do it. But they share an equal share in doing household errands proving Wrangham’s depiction of sexual division of
-at home, it is the culture for women to serve the men first, and then eat with their children after the men have finished
Whether it is the past or the present, there have always been gender roles in society. In most homes, it is the woman’s responsibility to take care of the house. This includes cleaning, meal preparations, raising and taking care of the children as well as the husband. Compared to the men who take care of the more physical activities, such as yard work. It was known throughout many years that it was a woman’s responsibility to stay in the house while the man would go out and look for work to provide money for his family. Although the intensity of gender roles has changed, it still exists.
Based on history and socially constructed gender roles, women are inferior to males in their private lives. Gender roles include; women clean, cook, take care of the kids, do the house chores, while men work, pay for everything, and expect to be taken care of by their woman. Hughes, Krahn and Lowe (2011) argue that a woman 's domestic responsibilities, along with raising children, limit the woman 's availability for paid work, which leaves the woman financially dependent. They continue to explain consequences, including a "double day" of paid and unpaid work. (p. 179). Women who work a double day would work during the day and then as described by Hughes, Krahn and Lowe (2011) "some women return home to cook, clean, shop and look after their children" (p. 180). If you think to around the times of agriculture, the gender roles for that period would require males, harvesting crops, planting the seeds, basically doing the farm work. Women, on the other hand, looked after all of the domestic duties including; caring for children, tending livestock, making clothes, keeping the home clean, etc. (Krahn, Lowe and Hughes, 2011. pp. 170-171). Back then, that was the woman 's full-time job, be a parent, a wife and keep the home in order. However, even today women are still expected to take care of the home, but now they are also expected to work full time. McRae (2003) suggests that, to understand the choices various women make for
My mother was a simple cook. She prepared foods she'd been raised on, plain Southern fare-rice, gravy, sliced tomatoes, turnip greens, cornpone, grits, eggs, chicken and dumplings, pot roast, ham, field peas, lima beans, potato salad, stewed okra, pumpkin pie, salmon balls. We didn't have fancy casseroles or lasagnas or spaghetti, and nobody had ever heard of a burrito or an egg roll. I didn't know what an artichoke or a parsnip or kiwi or papaya was-certainly had never taste them. We drank sweet iced tea and sometimes lemonade.
As the child of immigrants coming from an island where social structure is strict and gender plays a big role in determining what a child does and grows up to be, I spent a lot of my childhood looking after others. As a female I followed what my mother did, and what her mother spent her days doing before her. This passing of tradition meant getting up before the men did, to prepare myself and make sure I looked presentable, braids done and skirt dirt and wrinkle free. Then I would hurry to the kitchen to help prepare breakfast, as breakfast would always be set on the table strictly at 9 a.m.. Then chores would be done in between lunch and dinner- the mopping of the floors, picking through and cleaning of grains, and putting recently hand washed clothes on the clothing lines that were always a bit too high for my reach. These were not the most enjoyable
I grew up in a two parent household where I am the oldest child of three. I have a brother who is four years younger than me and a sister who is six years younger than me. Though we are a Ghanaian family, our household did not run like a typical Ghanaian household. It is hard to say if my family was any different from other ethnic groups because I was never introduced to the in-depth family life of other ethnic groups. Both of my parents worked, which is normal for a Ghanaian family, but what made things unique was that my father was the one who got us ready for school in the morning. My mother is a RN and she normally works the night shift. This meant that she would not get home until around nine in the morning and by that time school would have started for us. My father was the one who would wake us up, make sure we were dressed, made our breakfast, and then drove us to school before going to work himself. My mother would come home and sleep after working 12 hours. She would then wake up about an hour after we got home from school and then go back to work at around
I heard stories about my family since a very young age, however it was not until later in my teen years that they meant anything to me. With all of this knowledge about my family’s past I can continue on the family history. Since I was seven I have had to take care of the household and my little brother until my mom got home from work, this affected how I received my family stories because I was expected to mature early in life. Through this maturity I have been able to understand more and receive these life stories with more meaning.
There are many things to love in life. Family and friends, pets and even hobbies can be loved. While I personally believe that love is a very strong word, I do have things I love. Please join me in learning more about myself as I explain why family and friends have a special place in my heart.
Everyone seems to define family differently, however, the significance of family is the same. For you, family means everything. You can always count on your parents and siblings for help and love. Family is very valuable and important to you and should never be taken for granted. No one can deny that family is the foundation of our generation. A family is where we all start our life journey and helps us grow to be successful throughout our lives.
When families eat at home they know everything that has been added in their meal and know the cleanliness of their own kitchen. Moreover, they know if the food was washed and cooked well. At home they know that the cook has washed his/her hands. Also at home they know their hygiene.
There are many differences between friends and family, such as whether the relationship will change, what kind of relationships they have and if they live together or not. Each parts show the essential differences between them.
After writing about my history and the themes I selected, I have learned a lot about who I am in society. I have realized that I am an average girl that has not experienced much of life. During this analysis I have come to realize I have not had much contact with other family types or other cultures.
When I was young, I assumed that all families were the same as mine. However, as time went by I came to realize I was very wrong. As years passed I learned through interactions with friends and life experiences that the dynamic in my household were not the same as others. My families background, schooling, and status are unique and have made me the person I am today.
There are so many different types of family relationships. Whatever form a family takes; it is an important part of everyone’s life. My family has played an important role in my life. Good family relationships serve as a foundation to interactions with others. Supportive families will help children to thrive. The quality of the family relationship is more important than the size of the family. Making the relationships priority, communication, and providing support for one another is key to developing relationships. Family relationships are what make up our world today; they shape the ways that we see things and the ways that we do things.