As I tucked Buster into his bed the other night, he said to me, "Mom, I would just like to be a girl." This came out of left field, I didn't see it coming and I had no idea where he was going with this. I mean, I didn't realize he had actually noticed that their was a difference in genders at his age. "Why?" I asked.
"Because I would like to be in the kitchen and cook things," he said.
Oh dear, and here I had been hoping to teach my kids less rigid lines between "women's work" and "men's work".
"You can cook if you're a boy," I said.
"No, Mommy, I only see mommies and girls in kitchens," he replied.
This brought to mind another incident a month back when the boys were playing "house" (yes, boys do that too!) and I overheard Buster say to Noodle, "No, you can't have the hammer, you're the Mommy - go make supper!"
Alrighty then! It's obvious what the gender roles are in this household...
"Because I would like to be in the kitchen and cook things," he said.
Oh dear, and here I had been hoping to teach my kids less rigid lines between "women's work" and "men's work".
"You can cook if you're a boy," I said.
"No, Mommy, I only see mommies and girls in kitchens," he replied.
This brought to mind another incident a month back when the boys were playing "house" (yes, boys do that too!) and I overheard Buster say to Noodle, "No, you can't have the hammer, you're the Mommy - go make supper!"
Alrighty then! It's obvious what the gender roles are in this household...
Maybe Buster needs to have a talk with Uncle B or cousin B the baker - even Uncle L :)
ReplyDeleteYeah, I listed every male cook/baker I could think of that he personally knew... Guess we'll see what happens, eh?!
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