Similarities Between American Culture And Family Roles In Nigeria

In Nigeria the families there have many different traditions and family roles compared to America and our traditions and family roles, the roles in Nigeria would be odd or confusing to us. Nigerian family roles are nothing like ours in any way. There are many comparing and contrasting factors in this paper. That will include the food that they make for a family all the way to what a normal family consists of.

Families everywhere have roles, in Nigeria the roles are quite different. The Men in the past they were not allowed to provide for their families as rule in Nigeria. Women in the past had to farm and sell their stuff at markets just so they could clothe and feed their children and themselves. Men also could only grow certain types of crops back in the past that was the same for women also. Women in the past also had to make a certain percentage of the family income.
Women have some rights now but they still don’t have as many rights as men do now. In America women have rights just like men do such as voting. Women still have some things that they can’t do but it is not anywhere near to the amount that Nigerian women can’t do. Men are still to this day allowed to beat their wives as long as their is not permanent injury left on the woman's body. To men,women are seen as objects or possessions because they do not mean that much to men. Since men see women like this it means that the women are supposed to follow the rules just like the children in the house would have to follow all the rules that the man of the house makes. If the Women and/or children did not follow the rules this is where the beatings come in. In America if a man or anyone hits or beats another person it is called abuse and you are