Life in the eyes of Dee

  I was able to dive deeper into gender roles and the impact they have within families this week. We discussed in class that there are different units of society with different influences of cultures. Some of those are the family, the workplace, school, government, and religious organizations. We all can receive different influences and learn different ideas from each unit of society.   Males and females have general tendencies that are typical for each. females tend to be more expressive, passive, cooperative in play, and lean more towards relationships. On the other hand, males tend to be more aggressive, competitive in play, have a more spacial orientation and are stronger. Some people may take offense to hear about these gender-specific tendencies, but I think they need to understand that it it not meant to be offensive, at least I don't mean it like that in any way, but just to help define what I will be talking about.   So first, we have to define three differen...

I believe that it is hard to understand the perspective of other cultures outside of your own no matter how much research you do. We all are pretty biased of our own cultures. I had a discussion about this with some of my roommates about this topic, wondering what their take was too. We all seemed to agree that on a purely political stance, cultures are equal, but if you looked at it on a more spiritual level they would definitely not be equal. The way that cultures are equal is that every one believes that they have the better way of life and the more correct morals. We understand that how you are raised, what you are taught, and what your family does all have a factor in what you will be like and what you will believe. What we may understand as not being ethical or okay at all, could be a cultural norm for someone else. We need to understand that no matter how crazy something else that other cultures may do is, they don't think of it as being crazy at all; but instead look at som...

Remember as a child when you were playing with your siblings while Mom was on the phone? You were being a little rambunctious and noisy, but didn't think it was that big of a deal. Then, mom looks at you and snaps. You know, just from the snap, that if you don't shut your mouth right then and stop moving, you will be busted and get in so much trouble. This is an example of a "family rule". There are so many different things that you say, do, mimic, follow, etc. in your family that seem like "rules" because they are always done, even though they never were really intentionally laid down as rules. In my opinion, I believe that these help to unite a family. You specifically have things that you do with them that connect all of you, and not anyone else. There are four different theories that family scientists tend to use when researching the family. You have:         -Systems Theory         -Exchange Theory         -Symbolic I...

     This week as part of my class I was able to dive deeper into trends of the family. Even though throughout my life I have figured I had a pretty good idea about families, how they worked, and what they should be like, I learned many new things.  I was able to watch a documentary that had a lot of useful information and facts that I found very interesting.        There are ten main trends with family that I was specifically able to look at this past week. They are these, not in order of any specific importance. I will go over some details . of each.                  1. Premarital sex         2. Births to unmarried women         3. Living alone         4. Delayed marriage         5. Cohabitation         6. Extended Family         7. Birth rates ...

Hello everyone! My name is Kennedy Blaser. I am the second oldest child of six, and have lived just 15 minutes outside of Rexburg my entire 18 (almost 19) years of life. I graduated from Sugar Salem High School just this last May and loved my high school experience. I was able to be a part of many extracurricular activities including student government, varsity volleyball, varsity tennis, Distinguished Young Women, Girl Talk, and others. I loved to be involved and active. This is my first semester here on campus and I am very excited for this new journey that I am starting into! This blog will be for the purpose of sharing a little of who I am, what I think and believe, and my goals and ideas for my future. I hope that it can help or inspire you in some way.