I was born at a disadvantage being a woman. I was born in a location where it is an advantage to be white. I was born in a location were being middle class has its advantages and disadvantages. I am a white, middle-class, female.
Although being white and middle-class puts me at an advantage, being a female does the exact opposite. At a very young age I learned that women are almost always considered the
"caretakers" of the household, not only by the men in the family, but the government too. A woman's role is inevitable in mostly every household. After watching my parent's divorce, we were told to live with my mom and my dad had to pay child support to her. The roles of each of my parents became very apparent. My mom was always taking care of my brother and I, while my …show more content…
She was the person who took us to school, sports, and friend's house. She never got to do anything for herself because she was always focusing on my brother and I. To add to the very obvious gender roles, treatment varied. My mom was treated much more different in the outside world then my father, making her at a disadvantage. She was not taken as seriously as my father. Being a women was a disadvantage, and the different treatment made that very apparent to me. Although it became apparent to me, I was not so much affected by it until my first job. Myself and a male where hired on the same day to perform the same job. Soon after being hired, I overheard that the boy was offered a higher hourly wage then I was. The boy and I were the same age, same skill level and there was no lifting required in this job. The only reason he was being paid more was because he was a male and I was a female. At this point, I really realized how differently the genders are treated in this location. As Lorber states in Night to His Day: The Social Construction of Gender, “In a gender-stratified society,
Although being white and middle-class puts me at an advantage, being a female does the exact opposite. At a very young age I learned that women are almost always considered the
"caretakers" of the household, not only by the men in the family, but the government too. A woman's role is inevitable in mostly every household. After watching my parent's divorce, we were told to live with my mom and my dad had to pay child support to her. The roles of each of my parents became very apparent. My mom was always taking care of my brother and I, while my …show more content…
She was the person who took us to school, sports, and friend's house. She never got to do anything for herself because she was always focusing on my brother and I. To add to the very obvious gender roles, treatment varied. My mom was treated much more different in the outside world then my father, making her at a disadvantage. She was not taken as seriously as my father. Being a women was a disadvantage, and the different treatment made that very apparent to me. Although it became apparent to me, I was not so much affected by it until my first job. Myself and a male where hired on the same day to perform the same job. Soon after being hired, I overheard that the boy was offered a higher hourly wage then I was. The boy and I were the same age, same skill level and there was no lifting required in this job. The only reason he was being paid more was because he was a male and I was a female. At this point, I really realized how differently the genders are treated in this location. As Lorber states in Night to His Day: The Social Construction of Gender, “In a gender-stratified society,