Gender Role
My View on Gender Roles Within a Family
Nia A. Jones
I would describe myself as neutral neither traditional nor non-traditional. I am neutral when discussing family because I feel everyone should play a role. Not being so into religion I believe has made me neutral. My great grandmother believes all women should be married before having kids of their own, but I believe otherwise. I can see myself having children before I am married, but I see myself getting married immediately after having my child.
The thought of my child being able to witness a true physical bond between the both of her parents at its most venerable is important to me. They have a clearer view of what a relationship brings when you focus on all the good that can come out of it and most importantly keep you together longer. Not saying a baby will help you keep a man because it won’t.
Marriage only makes the situation more serious and permanent which will then show that child that “everything takes time”. That is how I want to raise my kids.
Most of the decisions parents make concerning their kids should be 50/50. Although a woman has carried that child for nine months and has greater connection with the baby, the father should not feel left out of anything. He helped make that child too.
Parents should both have a career, but men’s should be more stable. Meaning if both were qualified for a promotion I think the man should take the position because it doesn’t break his ego and the woman can allow herself to be more ambitious and see what else she’s good at.
The only time I feel a man and woman have to discriminate themselves from a certain role would be at dinnertime, who opens the door for who, who pays for outings and handling car maintenance and mowing the lawn. These things are just common courtesy.
I was watching a morning talk show called “The Real” and singer Tamar Braxton is one of the hosts. The topic on the show was about raising boys to be “mamas boys” and Tamar was a big
Nia A. Jones
I would describe myself as neutral neither traditional nor non-traditional. I am neutral when discussing family because I feel everyone should play a role. Not being so into religion I believe has made me neutral. My great grandmother believes all women should be married before having kids of their own, but I believe otherwise. I can see myself having children before I am married, but I see myself getting married immediately after having my child.
The thought of my child being able to witness a true physical bond between the both of her parents at its most venerable is important to me. They have a clearer view of what a relationship brings when you focus on all the good that can come out of it and most importantly keep you together longer. Not saying a baby will help you keep a man because it won’t.
Marriage only makes the situation more serious and permanent which will then show that child that “everything takes time”. That is how I want to raise my kids.
Most of the decisions parents make concerning their kids should be 50/50. Although a woman has carried that child for nine months and has greater connection with the baby, the father should not feel left out of anything. He helped make that child too.
Parents should both have a career, but men’s should be more stable. Meaning if both were qualified for a promotion I think the man should take the position because it doesn’t break his ego and the woman can allow herself to be more ambitious and see what else she’s good at.
The only time I feel a man and woman have to discriminate themselves from a certain role would be at dinnertime, who opens the door for who, who pays for outings and handling car maintenance and mowing the lawn. These things are just common courtesy.
I was watching a morning talk show called “The Real” and singer Tamar Braxton is one of the hosts. The topic on the show was about raising boys to be “mamas boys” and Tamar was a big