Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Question C
I agree with Kimmel's critique of Gray, there really is not that much of a difference between males and females. What males want female's want and vise versa. When Kimmel discussed parenthood and stressed the importance of both males and females to be equal partners in the up bringing of their children and home life I think is difficult to argue with. The fact that he shared about the US being 1 of the 4 (maybe 5?) countries to not provide paid leave for a newborn is a pretty obvious fact form birth that the US ideals continue to follow that woman are responsible for home life. While our culture bow has both parents often working, regardless of gender the family structure in the US is crumbling unless you're a middle or upper class citizen who can afford to have a stay at home parent (usually female) or childcare. We have not taken the proper steps in history to create a nurturing home for children with both parents at home in the developmental stage. I think weather males like to believe it or not, a majority of them do not participate in housework and unconsciously think that the females will just do it. Kimmel's mention that homes where parents are equal partners in the home. family and work responsibilities create a positive atmosphere for their kids to grow up and become respectful individuals.
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I agree with your post! I think that men and women both need to work together to have a balanced life and happy family. I wonder how other cultures changed with time to become more like this, if they are.
ReplyDeleteGreat post! I too found the fact about the U.S being 1 of 5 countries that do not provide paid leave for newborn parenting interesting. I agree with Kimmel, and the statistics that he gives, that having equality in the marriage (measured by the household work/child care men do in the home) creates a healthy and positive atmosphere for everyone involved. Still, there are a lot of single parents out there or just single people-I wonder how can equality be measured in those situations?
ReplyDeleteYou brought a good point when talking about how in the US we still follow the same way of parenting that we have for years, with only one parent or sometimes even non at all helping in the development of childcare. And this happens because of capitalism. We know that both parents have to work in order to take care of the house and get more money for the "greater good" for our children. I hope you can read this too Ruth as well. Capitalism is the major form of economy in the world, so other cultures had to change their lifestyles in order to sustain their families.
ReplyDeleteI definitely agree with your post and you brought up a great point on how the US is one of the four or five other countries that don't provide pay for newborn leave. I agree that whether or not men like to admit it, they definitely don't participate in household work and assume their woman will. I do think that today men have definitely stepped up with the cooking and a lot of men cook the dinners for their family. It definitely does make a difference when men do participate creating a positive atmosphere.
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