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Gender Roles In Hmong Culture

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I remember in my stereotype class that I took last summer, where we talked about gender roles and the equality of gender roles. Me, myself, coming from a Hmong cultural background, we had important culture about gender roles. The Hmong comes from parts of Laos and Thailand. The Hmong living in Laos and Thailand were really poor and uneducated. The Hmong lived as farmers had very important gender roles. For example, man had to work for money and hunt for food while woman stayed home to cook, babysit, and clean. Man were educated and women were housewives. When some of the Hmong immigrated to the United States, they continued the gender roles as Man able to work and be educated while women had to stay home to cook and babysit. The Hmong brought …show more content…

They believed living in a well developed country like the United States, they should be able to have the same roles as the man. In my class, we discuss the equality of the Hmong gender roles. As we focused deeper on this topic, I announced that the Hmong woman should have the same equality as any Hmong man do in the United State. I supported the Woman’s right to be educated and work. I supported this change of woman gender role because living in a free country woman should be free to do what they want for their future and life. I also believed that the man shouldn’t be the only one providing for the family. The woman should be able to work, be educated, and provide money for their family too. Both parents should have that option to be educated and work. The Hmong man and woman should be treated equally. Some disagreed with my opinion but not everyone can agree on everything. This social norm experience makes me strongly believe that the Hmong gender roles should have the same option to be educated and work because living in a developed country provides more

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