My Late Blog Post

Throughout my adolescent years I lived in a household in which my mother was a feminist and businesswoman and my father was a freelance writer and "stay at home dad." Such an experience has shaped much of my opinions on society and culture. To start, I was baptized as a Roman Catholic but never went to church because my father was an agnostic and my mother, while raised Catholic, decided that the church was far too sexist for her liking. Despite not attending church my family continues to take part in holidays such as Christmas and Easter and recently I have been joining some family friends in celebrating other events like Hanukkah. Through experiences such as these I have had much enjoyment and have expanded my horizons as far as religion goes though for now I shall follow in my father's footsteps on that level. Another intriguing aspect that came from my home life which shaped my opinions on many cultural "norms" was the idea that my mother was the provider for the family on a financial level. To incorporate popular culture in this blog post I can say that I can identify with the Cohen family from the television series The O.C. In the show Mrs. Cohen works in real estate and brings home most of the money for the family though when she is home she is a wretched cook, my mother has striking similarities with Mrs. Cohen on this level. Furthermore my father, much like Mr. Cohen, often times comes across as a hippy, a father who is can relate to children and adolescents. Although he works, my father stays at home and was generally the one taking care of the children on week days and driving my siblings and me to soccer games and he cooks most of the meals in my home. This reversal of stereotypical gender roles has affected my opinions and many of my outlooks on life. For instance I am a young male whose roommates all watch Sports Center twenty four seven though I have no trouble referencing The O.C. (for those who do not know, it is a show about the lives of teens in Orange County CA and is generally considered to be a show appealing to girls) in every day life or in blog posts for class. Many of my opinions on what sort of work I plan on doing after college have been affected by this lifestyle as well. For instance, I do not particularly plan on doing anything to make a lot of money; instead I have always thought I would like to stay at home as a father. This could be because of the way my family was structured, or it could be because that just seems like a lot more fun than working all day five to six days a week, or maybe I simply have a lazy personality (this blog post is late after all) but no matter what, I know that my opinions were definitely affected by my parents professions.