Everyone loves going over the river and through the woods to grandma's house right? Cookies and cheek pinching and everything nice. This summer my dad and I went on a road trip to visit my grandparents for a week. I hadn't stayed with my grandparents since I was little and I was expecting a nice relaxing week in the fresh Northern Californian coastal air, but what really happened came to my surprise.
We first arrived in the late afternoon and as soon as I got settled and comfortable, Grandma asked me to accompany her to the kitchen. Well this isn't that nice, a little grandmother-granddaughter bonding time. WRONG. Slaving over the hot stove, washing dishes, scrubbing floors while my dad and grandpa sit on the couch watching TV is not my idea of a vacation.
Don't get me wrong, I love my grandparents to death and beyond, but this definitely struck me as odd. I guess it's just an old-fashioned way of living. For generations people have been living in a patriarchal society, and that's just the kind of society my grandparents were raised in. There's nothing wrong with being from a certain time period, I think we just need to be aware of what happened with the people before before us, learn from that and grow and adapt into better people.
In this world, people think women are just good at cooking and cleaning. And although I have superior cooking skills (I must admit, I make some pretty mean soup), I don't really want to spend all my time cooking. It's funny how people just don't work together and get the job done faster.
We first arrived in the late afternoon and as soon as I got settled and comfortable, Grandma asked me to accompany her to the kitchen. Well this isn't that nice, a little grandmother-granddaughter bonding time. WRONG. Slaving over the hot stove, washing dishes, scrubbing floors while my dad and grandpa sit on the couch watching TV is not my idea of a vacation.
Don't get me wrong, I love my grandparents to death and beyond, but this definitely struck me as odd. I guess it's just an old-fashioned way of living. For generations people have been living in a patriarchal society, and that's just the kind of society my grandparents were raised in. There's nothing wrong with being from a certain time period, I think we just need to be aware of what happened with the people before before us, learn from that and grow and adapt into better people.
In this world, people think women are just good at cooking and cleaning. And although I have superior cooking skills (I must admit, I make some pretty mean soup), I don't really want to spend all my time cooking. It's funny how people just don't work together and get the job done faster.
