In this interview, we were asked to discuss our parents' roles in the home. We talked about how we were raised and and how are parents split the tasks of marriage and child-rearing. My interviewee told me she was raised by both of her parents pretty equally. When it came to hours put in at the office, it seemed that both her mom and dad were the same. She mentioned that in regards to raising her, both her parents actively participated although her mom did do more of it. In the category of house cleaning however, her mom took on most of the responsibility. She said her dad did do the yard work, garage, and out door type cleaning that needed to get done. But when it came to inside, her father didn't do much. This kind of pattern of shared responsibility that my partner experienced, was the typical family that was described in ch. 6. The men felt that the inside household chores weren't their responsibility as much, but they did make sure they got the yard work done.
Chelsea Graves
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