Family Gal

Welcome back! This week I’d like to talk about a more serious topic, and that is: gender. What makes us, us? What makes a girl more likely to go towards a Barbie in a group of toys? What makes boys more likely to involve in physical play and sports? Let’s take a look at some factors. First of all, let’s take a look at the science portion of what we know. Science has shown us that men’s brains have more grey matter, which means that they think more in a static way and they separate their issues into different compartments. Women’s brains have more white matter. This means they have more neural connections, assisting the brain with understanding interpersonal issues better. Unlike the men who simply organize their thoughts into different categories, women are more likely to intertwine all of the thoughts and how they connect with each other.   Here’s a link to a Youtube video to explain this in a better (and funnier) way. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XjUFYxSxDk

     Do you ever wonder how other people see you? In this world, we tend to naturally judge others as soon as we meet them, especially if they are a different culture than us. We look at their clothes, their home, their car, their family, their traditions, and we can make an assumption pretty quickly.      This week in class we talked about Socioeconomic Status and cultures. This includes a person's career, education, appearance, behaviors, where you live, and what kind of things you own. These are the indicators the world looks at when trying to categorize you into a class. So where do you fit in and where do you want to be?      You'd think the answer would be obvious right? Everyone's dream life would be to be successful, have nice things, live comfortably, etc. Well, to be honest, both sides of the spectrum, rich or poor, have their pros and cons. When you are on the high end, aka, upper class, you develop expectations of how your life should be. Especially as a paren

     This week in my family relations class we learned a lot about different theories regarding the family. There were four main theories: Exchange Theory, Symbolic Interaction Theory, Conflict Theory, and Family Systems Theory. My favorite one we discussed and the one I think the most of us struggle with is the Symbolic Interaction Theory. This one means that sometimes we misinterpret other's actions and a certain behavior  symbolizes a certain emotion. For example, when I was a pre-teen, I would be in my room, and my mother would be in the kitchen a ways away. She would call my name to come do something, but I usually couldn't hear her too well, so I'd yell, "hang on!" And because I was yelling to try to help her hear me, she took my yelling as a sign that I was showing an attitude and that I was annoyed with whatever I was about to help with.      I also have noticed this when I interact with my friends. Usually my best friend, Rylee is super happy and always

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