Gender Stereotypes

Social Psychology
Week 5 Writing Assignment

Gender Stereotypes I do not believe in being a "traditional" stereotype of an American Family. I believe whatever one can contribute; one should despite gender or anything else. Cultural stereotypes are beliefs about the sexes that are communicated by the mass media, religion, art, and literature (Taylor, S. E., Peplau, L. A., & Sears, D. O. 2012). They tend to leads us to believe that females should do all house work and males go to work and support the family financially. That being said, my wife and I fall into very traditional roles, albeit unintentional. I work and my wife stays home with our two boys. Not because of any particular value, but because we have been fortunate enough that my income has exceeded our monthly expenses and financial needs. We have decided that rather than putting our kids in daycare or having other family members watch them, they would be better raised if one of us was home raising them. Since we can financially afford that lifestyle from my income that's what we have done.
If the roles were reversed the situation would still be the same, only that I would be staying home with the children, if my wife had the earning power. There is a duality in our relationship, sure, I am the head of the household, but so is she. We attempt to make decisions, the significant ones, where we both agree. We both nurture, but she has the position that allows her to be home more than me.
The decision for her to stay home was ultimately mutually beneficial and agreeable for both of us. That was fifteen years ago, as time went on our situation evolved. I no longer have as strong as income, the children are much older and don't need as much supervision, so now my wife has gone back to work.
Our scenario is much different from my parents, because they were divorced since