Personal Reflection On Religion And Gender Roles In America

For this paper, we have to interview two people who are close to us about religion and gender roles. At first I wasn’t too happy with this assignment, the personal belief paper was one that came too close to me and I almost felt violated with my own words. I was not sure how I could ask people questions about things I consider private. Luckily, my neighbor convinced me that she actually enjoyed talking about this. Once over this hurdle, my curiosity took over and it was time to discover how religious people in America’s midwest grow up, and how this differs from my background. In the apartment complex I live, there is a neighbor who is very kind and when I left for Holland last year, she watered my plants. Her grandson, and his girlfriend,

Growing up in a Catholic, old-fashioned family has not shaped me into the woman who I’m today. Real life is what made me who I’m now. When I grew up, my father went to church every Sunday, and I had an uncle who is a priest and an aunt who was a nun. As a little girl, my family went to see her at the monastery as often as we could. I was quite young. Even now, I remember the imposing building and the hallways what looked like cathedrals. My aunt was very sick and died when I was five years old, so I don’t have any happy memories with

However, there were also differences. For example, I was the only one from the children who did this for a while; we were free to choose. Kaylee had to attend church and bible studies. For some reason, most people I do befriend are from the Midwest. I find their values comparable with mine. However, my religion is non practicing Catholic, their standards and life values are comparable with mine. I was shocked to see how strict the young girl got raised. I do know we still have this in Holland as well, only, not as much, or I haven’t been exposed to it. It made me realize how my life could have been if my parents would have followed the journey of my father’s side of the family. The people I interviewed share most of their religious understandings. Before I did this paper, I did not know anything about the Lutheran church. Now I learned that there are many differences within this religion. I have noticed that Mary, during her course of life, got more relaxed about religion, and has become open for other things during her life. I was a little shocked that Kaylee is her age, got raised so strict; I got the impression that she wanted more freedom because her parents are really strict. Meanwhile, she is not sure what direction to go, and I feel that she needs support, doubtedly, she is not totally sure if she