Hi everyone @hivenaija
It's another beautiful week to write something.
The prompts are really amazing but i'm going to choose one.
Gender in family - how do gender roles, male and female - differ in your family ?
A gender role, or sex role, is a set of socially accepted behaviors and attitudes deemed appropriate or desirable for individuals based on their sex. Gender roles are usually centered on conceptions of masculinity and femininity, although there are exceptions and variations. Source. And they can change over time as attitude towards gender evolve.
I'm born in to a family where male are the dominant. I happen to be the only female in the family of six male children including my cousins, and I happened to be the last born.
Gender roles differs from culture to culture and from family to family. There are some family that only the female children do the cooking, washing of plates. They are expected to be care giver and home makers.
However, that is not how it is done in our family, we share responsibilities and everyone play significant roles to keep the family functioning well.
It could have been very easy for gender roles to be the point of contention but we choose flexibility in roles and responsibilities, which help shape our family in a way that there's peace and unity and everyone is allow to contribute and we walk hands in hands together.
In my family when it comes to domestic chores, everyone is expected to participate. There's no division of labor based on gender. We have roster for cooking, sweeping, washing of dishes and laundry. This roster covers everyone as far as you are home you are expected to participate. This makes domestic work simple and lighter for everyone.
Personally, I love trying new recipes in the kitchen and I love cooking for a larger number of people. So when we have any occasion in our family, I will lead in the cooking while others will follow. So everyone must contribute something special.
When it comes to financial responsibilities my parents both contribute financially to the growth of the family. Every one in the family has a little means of income no matter how small it is, because we all have to support our parents in covering the family expenses.
As the only female I am not relegated to stereotypical nurturing roles, I support everyone and get supported as well. Everyone is approachable we share how we feel at a particular time and how we feel about a particular thing. We bond very well despite the majority of male, there's no restrictions on discussing personal issues. Everyone is open and free to conversation. And this build a strong relationship between us. We support each other emotionally.
In terms of recreation and social activities there is no division between male and female activities, anyone can participate on what he or she enjoys. Anyone can play or watch football, watch movies, go to the beach, go hiking etc what ever recreational and social activities you find Joy in, no one will stop you because of your gender.
Our family is very flexible, no one impose any role or responsibility on you because of your gender. This has help us grow together in love, understanding and tolerating each other. Everyone contribute to the household, we share responsibilities and support each other emotionally, financially and other wise.
Gender roles does not dictate how our family operates, everyone embraces team work, mutual respect, communication . We make sure that everyone is comfortable and valuable and contribute to the overall well being of the family.
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