Eduardo Gutierrez

As for me and my own social experience, I have seen gender be "done" in a way that pushes males to be strong, confident, and hard working. As for women, society has made it seem that we must view women as the keeper of the home and the care taker of the children. For example, I was raised in a family that understood each person of the household has a job to with hold. As the mother, she should make sure there is food prepared for the family to eat healthy on a regular basis. On the other hand, the male figure or father figure was in charge of working and earning money to purchase food and other necessities. Living like this in my house hold has always been tradition and was seen as an agreement that was held as a family. Being the "Man" around the house usually stemmed from being the one who makes they money for the family and is in charge of the families expenses. Now a days, many families choose not live by this traditional belief, but instead choose to split up the responsibilities of the home. As for my own experience, it was tradition and to this day I can say that it has kept my family as close as we are, because we understand what it takes to stay together successfully and strong as a family should be. When I was a young boy, my brother and I would spend hours in the hot sun helping my father work around the house no matter what ever home activities it may consist of. For example, planting trees, flowers, digging holes for sprinkler installment and repair. These simple jobs and tasks would never be asked of my younger sister simply because it did not seem to be her responsibility to learn the importance of working out side in the sun all day with myself, my brother, and my father. As a young boy I can say that I have never thought anything to be wrong with how society does gender, but instead it seemed normal and it was how I was raised to view gender. I do believe modern society will view this as an ostracized view of gender, but I am also in agreement simply because every successful family does not work this way and in many cases the women is in charge of her family and their families well being.