Jazmine Godinez
Mrs. Lopez
Psychology 15-2215
21 September 2015
1. Menopause (SLO #1) Going into this class I knew very little about menopause; all I knew was that once you reach a certain age you were unable to have kids and you got hot flashes. In my family we have never really spoken of menopause due to it being a sensitive subject for most people to speak of or even admit they are going through. Since this class I have learned about Peri-Menopause, which is the time before Menopause where a woman’s estrogen levels begin to decrease. The Peri-Menopause leads to Menopause which is the permanent cessation of menstruation. I learned that the average age of women who go through Menopause is 51 but a woman can go through it as early …show more content…
Now this topic I definitely have experience with. Seeing as though I come from a strong Latin family and I am a woman, the stereotypes definitely held true in my grandparents’ house. My grandparents on my dad’s side are from Guadalajara and my grandpa is very old fashioned. I remember always getting in trouble by my grandpa when I was little because he would always tell me that since I was a woman it was my job to serve the dinner while the men sat at the table and did nothing; I got so tired of it that one day he asked me to serve my dad and I replied to him by saying “God gave him all his fingers and all his toes so he has no excuse not to go serve himself”. Needless to say he was left speechless and was very upset with me for a while. It was not my intention to disrespect him, however, I also did not understand how just because I am a women this job was given to me. There are many stereotypes in the Latin community alone, never mind the stereotypes all over the world. There is the stereotype that women are meant for the kitchen and not for hard labor; while this may not be true in our generation, it was very true for my grandparents. My grandpa tells me stories of how she always wanted to be a teacher but my grandfather never let her. To this day my grandma has not worked a day in her life. Not that stay at home mom is not a job because I have seen my mom do that job for ten years now and it’s no walk in the park. It is my opinion that these stereotypes are built to keep women from striving because men know down deep in their tiny brains that women are strong and smart , if not smarter, and that we can do just about anything they can do. Although the same can be said for men. As males they’re taught they have to be the money makers and they cannot make less money than their spouses or the humiliation from other men will get the best of them. There
Mrs. Lopez
Psychology 15-2215
21 September 2015
1. Menopause (SLO #1) Going into this class I knew very little about menopause; all I knew was that once you reach a certain age you were unable to have kids and you got hot flashes. In my family we have never really spoken of menopause due to it being a sensitive subject for most people to speak of or even admit they are going through. Since this class I have learned about Peri-Menopause, which is the time before Menopause where a woman’s estrogen levels begin to decrease. The Peri-Menopause leads to Menopause which is the permanent cessation of menstruation. I learned that the average age of women who go through Menopause is 51 but a woman can go through it as early …show more content…
Now this topic I definitely have experience with. Seeing as though I come from a strong Latin family and I am a woman, the stereotypes definitely held true in my grandparents’ house. My grandparents on my dad’s side are from Guadalajara and my grandpa is very old fashioned. I remember always getting in trouble by my grandpa when I was little because he would always tell me that since I was a woman it was my job to serve the dinner while the men sat at the table and did nothing; I got so tired of it that one day he asked me to serve my dad and I replied to him by saying “God gave him all his fingers and all his toes so he has no excuse not to go serve himself”. Needless to say he was left speechless and was very upset with me for a while. It was not my intention to disrespect him, however, I also did not understand how just because I am a women this job was given to me. There are many stereotypes in the Latin community alone, never mind the stereotypes all over the world. There is the stereotype that women are meant for the kitchen and not for hard labor; while this may not be true in our generation, it was very true for my grandparents. My grandpa tells me stories of how she always wanted to be a teacher but my grandfather never let her. To this day my grandma has not worked a day in her life. Not that stay at home mom is not a job because I have seen my mom do that job for ten years now and it’s no walk in the park. It is my opinion that these stereotypes are built to keep women from striving because men know down deep in their tiny brains that women are strong and smart , if not smarter, and that we can do just about anything they can do. Although the same can be said for men. As males they’re taught they have to be the money makers and they cannot make less money than their spouses or the humiliation from other men will get the best of them. There