Reply to Teresa Post Week 4

Jason said...
When I first read this I thought of my friend who works at a womens shelter and tells me the only stories of these women who have been battered and have no place to go and still want to go back. Even when they refuse to go back their husband come looking for them and threatening them. I always wondered for starters what makes a man do that...actually a punk do that because he's not a man. Second my heart goes out to those women cause you can sit there and say its easy to walk away but sometimes its not even close to easy. There are so many factors that come into play like money, education, and etc. I am just glad that this battered woman was able to find the strength to leave and not look back. When you think about it this ties in to our gender expectations. We expect a man to be respectful, caring, and loving. We expect a woman to be loving, nurturing, and faithful. My question is where does it turn south? Is it society that says stop being that type of person and become reckless? Or is it the way the person was brought up? Perhaps some men and women grow up with no expectations from their parents. They are forced to become who they want to be with no expectations, no values and morals. Just be who ever you want to be or whatever you see on TV thats who you become. In the end sometimes we become and do what we see on TV and what we hear through music.