Week #5 Comment

Shaina,
Camp with the little one's is a great way to spend your summer because they seem to keep you amused by the incredible words they use and the different things they do. You spoke of the responsibility of the parents which is usally a given. I say that because gender roles that have already been established usually dictates your position in life, especially in Mother, Father roles which leads us to our identities. The Motherly instincts you speak of is inherited to women at birth,the day she was born a female. A women's nurturing spirit and personal knowledge about the opposite sex allows her to fulfill her expected role.Because women take care of the personal needs of the child that responsibility even extends to the childs classroom at school.Taking kids to school just isn't masculine enough for a man, even when the child belong to him. I have a perfect example of gendered roles in parenting. My brother has two sons, a 3 year old and a 1 year old. One morning the 1 year old woke up calling daddy, daddy and the 3 year old heard him calling for his dad. The 3 year old said, no don't call daddy he won't come call mommy,then the 1 year started calling mommy, mommy. This is a perfect example of the expected gendered roles that people play.