Thursday, February 9, 2012
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1)Today in America Men and Women are created equal. However it is not a perfect world. Although women have the same "rights" to achieve and do as men do the rule of the road is sometimes different. Men can be expected to be the breadwinners of the house and women are expected to take care of the children for the most part. However, today we find more and more dual-working families where both the men and father work and in rare cases when the father watches the kids and the mother goes to work. This is most likely due to the increase in respect and awareness of equality that women have fought for in the past. Men probably perceive women the way television and life portrays them. Men perceive women as the motherly figures. Not to get inappropriate but the chemistry of love tells us that the opposite sex is for mating. So when a women sets her eyes on a man she probably sees him as a prospective life-mate. Women and men both have their stereotypes. Men are "pigs" women are "naggy" but these do not hold true for all people in all cases. I would say there are many advantages of being a man in today's world. Like I said equality is not evenly distributed throughout the U.S. Because of this men have an easier time getting jobs in the workplaces, they have an easier time being taken seriously and men in general receive better treatment then women due to shadows of a past culture.
2) If Carlos from How The Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents was asked what is expected of men and women in his culture he might respond by saying that Men are expected to bring home the bacon. Women are expected to stay in the house when it is not safe to go out alone. He would say that a women should marry within her culture and marry a man of the same ethnic background. He would add that daughters should be completely obedient to their fathers and not to disrespect them and appreciate all that fathers do for their daughters. Men are also expected to be the "patriarchs" as you listed. the oldest living male member of your immediate family should be the "go-to guy".
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Drew, I agree with your post regarding the status of men and women in America today. Although men and women are equal, they are not always viewed that way. The common stereotype is that the man goes to work while the woman stays home taking care of the children and the home. Today, I agree with you that this stereotype is beginning to fade away as more and more families have both the man and woman working full time jobs.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you on your point about the status of men and women in America. Though we all have equal rights, most times they are not viewed that way. I also agree with your examples of stereotypes of men being "pigs" and women are "naggy". I do think that over time though the stereotypes will go away in we will live in a equal society.
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