Quarter 3 - Blog #4

The struggle between which gender is superior has been done again and again for centuries, ending up with no side satisfied with the results. The article, "Clear gender roles, equal respect," by Caitlin Allender, explains how we all have equal roles, despite what we believe our roles to be. Well to start, we each have different roles in society, whether its working in a law firm, or cooking dinner for a family of 4. Certain general roles like women stay at home and men go make the money have faded away; many women work professionally while some men tend to work at the home. Back then when roles were so gender based, it didn't imply superiority on a certain gender, it was just how it was suppose to be. For example, from the article, "When a man opens the door for a woman, holds her umbrella over her head or walks on the street side of the sidewalk to protect her from anything that may splash up onto her, he is not implying that he sees her as inferior.Rather, it shows that he esteems and respects her. And women, the recipients of these gestures, will come to esteem and respect the men in her life who treat her so kindly" (Allender, Gender roles).This ties in with the novel, Snow Falling on Cedars, by David Guterson, because one of the motifs that are implicated in the novel are gender roles. Men are the providers of the families, but women are responsible for maintaining the family structure and society based relations. The article was not to bad and the book is a pretty nice reading, I suggest anyone to try reading the book.

Works Cited for Quarter 3 - Blog #4 :
"Clear gender roles, equal respect" 1/31/06. © 2006 Loyola Greyhound. 2/16/09. www.loyolagreyhound.com. http://media.www.loyolagreyhound.com/media/storage/paper665/news/2006/01/31/Opinion/Clear.Gender.Roles.Equal.Respect.Vital.To.Good.Manners-1544685.shtml