My family is very disfunctional and can be rather frustrating at times. Like I said in class I am really close to my mother, like the Gilmore Girls.
The reasoning that my family can be rather frustrating is because of my father’s views of the woman in the home. Coontz states “Women’s roles were redifined in terms of domesticity rather than production, men were labeled “breadwinners” (a masculine identity unheard of in colonial days), children were said to need time to play, and getle maternal guidance supplanted the patriarchal authotitarianism of the past” (Coontz 10-11). Because of this view and for the fact that my parents are divorced, this is the way that I am treated in the house.
Over the past summer, while my father was at work he expected me to take care of the house during the day. Then when he came home from work he expected dinner to be on the table and for me to cook it. When it comes time for doing anything in the household its my responsibility to do it. I went home for labor day without being home for 2 weeks and my brother and my father had not been to the store, and it was my job to go after driving the 3 1/2 hours home. So I guess in realization, this has changed the way that I view family roles, I see that it doesn’t work this way, and may work better if the family roles are divided equally. Meaning if one person cooks, the other will clean up. Not the same person is responsible for all aspects of the kitchen.
