tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302245627574027504.post1365832849924266137..comments2019-05-15T23:59:20.159-07:00Comments on Feminist Legal Theory: SampaguitaLisa R. Pruitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16469550950363542801noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302245627574027504.post-80285029862329225632010-11-23T22:03:05.563-08:002010-11-23T22:03:05.563-08:00This is a very touching post that rings personal t...This is a very touching post that rings personal to me as well, as I adopted a similar viewpoint while growing up. My dad was the one in our family to attend college at Cal with an Engineering degree while my mom stayed at home and raised her kids, worked a full-time job to support my dad, and on top of that was solely responsible for the upkeep of the house, which is a LOT to handle. While my dad is definitely someone I admire more than the world can handle, my mom is a force to be reckoned with just as much, if not arguably more. Not only because she rocks at more traditional gender roles, but because she exceeds the expectations that anyone's ever set for such roles. Even while my dad's the one who attended a University in this country and has the degree, my mom is the one who assimilated faster and with more ease into American culture as an immigrant, she's incorporated both traditional Asian AND American values into the process of raising my brother and I, and on top of that she still manages to play out "stereotypical" gender roles like a superhero. <br /><br />While there are many other deep-seated implications that come with the fact that in a heterosexual (and ethnic and between two immigrants as well, in this case) marriage, I think it speaks much more loudly the fact that so much has been overcome and fought amongst these amazing women, in spite of and on top of having to fall into traditional roles. It's still very much celebrating feminism, in my eyes.Bettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06097580231695840087noreply@blogger.com