I am the youngest in my family but growing up I always took on the mother role for my older brother. My mother “mothered” my brother so much that when she was not around he counted on me to do everything for him and make him food. He did not know how to do laundry or keep his room clean on his own because he would just act helpless and have my mom do it for him. My mom knew that I could handle doing my own laundry and keep my room clean. It bothered me so much that she would do my brothers laundry and help him clean his room. However, whenever she was not around and he would ask me to help him do things around the house or to make him food, I would. I never understood why my brother and dad were so babied by my mom but now it all makes sense. The mother or the female of the house is considered domestic and should know how to do anything around the house while the males were doing handy work or yard work around the house. I have never seen my brother or my dad clean a bathroom and it angered me that I always had to do it.
There is no way to make society believe that the home is not just “women’s work.” Women have always been known as the caretakers, but in the “Juggling Work and Care” videos it shows that men are trying to juggle work and their children. There needs to be more programs in the U.S. like there is in the U.K for single fathers and mothers. Society will then begin to understand that it is not only women who stay at home but men as well. These programs have helped single fathers work at home while they take care of the children. These programs send out messages to the public that women are not the only ones who stay at home with the children.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Blog #2
Sex segregation is putting females into one category and males in the other. Males and females are spread all over the page when it comes to jobs at ASU. In the nursing school you tend to see more females than males since society feels women fit the title, “nurse” better than males. In the business school there is a mixture of both males and females but males tend to take over the finance department and business management. Jobs and degrees at ASU are not really narrowed in on one sex. Yes, there are certain degrees that may have more females than males and visa versa, but I think it has been pretty even.
Surprisingly, when I am at home to visit, my dad is usually the one that is cooking dinner and my mom is sitting on the couch watching T.V. When I was living at home, my brother and I did have different chores because of our sex. My bro would have to help with the yard work and I would have to clean our bathroom we shared and vacuum the house. My mom and I never did yard work unless we were planting flowers in the backyard. I have never seen my mom mow the yard or use the weed whacker since my dad feels it is a man’s job and does not want us to get hurt. My dad does have the upper hand in the house and is basically the “boss” of the house. I have been used to males being the dominant person when it comes to work and school as well. I have always had males as bosses and in all my years at school, males have always been principals of my schools. Males seem to always need and want the upper position in a company or wherever they work.
After listening to, “Moms Become Breadwinners as Job Losses Hit Men,” I was horrified. It has been very clear that women make less money than men. There is no reason or excuse for it but it has been that way for a long time and does not seem like it will be change. Women have always been labeled, “stay-at-home moms.” Come on people, yes women are the caretakers of the family but times have changed and women are part of the workforce now and daycares and babysitters are becoming more and more frequent and useful to families. One of the ladies on the radio report said, “Women gravitate to jobs for personal fulfillment so they can spend more time with their family.” I agree that women care more about being home with the children than men do. In the report they said that men are way more focused on high paying jobs and less time at home. Men care more about making money and care less about spending time at home with the children and the family. Money is not the biggest problem for women. The valuable benefits are focused more on jobs that men hold since they tend to be union jobs whereas if you are a waitress, you lose your income if you lose your job but you do not lose health insurance because you never had it in the first place. People are becoming more and more aware of the unevenness of benefits in the workforce and working on making a change.
Surprisingly, when I am at home to visit, my dad is usually the one that is cooking dinner and my mom is sitting on the couch watching T.V. When I was living at home, my brother and I did have different chores because of our sex. My bro would have to help with the yard work and I would have to clean our bathroom we shared and vacuum the house. My mom and I never did yard work unless we were planting flowers in the backyard. I have never seen my mom mow the yard or use the weed whacker since my dad feels it is a man’s job and does not want us to get hurt. My dad does have the upper hand in the house and is basically the “boss” of the house. I have been used to males being the dominant person when it comes to work and school as well. I have always had males as bosses and in all my years at school, males have always been principals of my schools. Males seem to always need and want the upper position in a company or wherever they work.
After listening to, “Moms Become Breadwinners as Job Losses Hit Men,” I was horrified. It has been very clear that women make less money than men. There is no reason or excuse for it but it has been that way for a long time and does not seem like it will be change. Women have always been labeled, “stay-at-home moms.” Come on people, yes women are the caretakers of the family but times have changed and women are part of the workforce now and daycares and babysitters are becoming more and more frequent and useful to families. One of the ladies on the radio report said, “Women gravitate to jobs for personal fulfillment so they can spend more time with their family.” I agree that women care more about being home with the children than men do. In the report they said that men are way more focused on high paying jobs and less time at home. Men care more about making money and care less about spending time at home with the children and the family. Money is not the biggest problem for women. The valuable benefits are focused more on jobs that men hold since they tend to be union jobs whereas if you are a waitress, you lose your income if you lose your job but you do not lose health insurance because you never had it in the first place. People are becoming more and more aware of the unevenness of benefits in the workforce and working on making a change.
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