I was raised in a traditional family in China. Because of the one child policy, I am the only child. It is common for us to see most mothers working as housewives. My father works while my mom stays at home cooking and shopping. My mom chose to stay home with the family because she wanted to be there for us. When I was little I loved to play with little toy cars. In elementary school, I realized the differences between girl activities and boy activities because no teams can have both girls and boys. I started playing soccer and table tennis, which most of the boys did. Meanwhile, girls liked dancing and singing. Through my observations, this trend kept its shape well for my experience in high school. I enjoy soccer and realized most soccer fans were male. When I met a girl who was also a fan, I began to realized how different a girl’s view to soccer that was, and I just fell in love with her.
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As professor Messner mentioned in class, I think that you raised in China has a strong cultural value and also you are influenced by the institutions which you grown up. As you mentioned China as the "one child policy," parents in China will care much in raising their children. Your family is a typical example which men work and women stay at home and raise the children. Somehow this trend changes nowadays, women also works outside instead of being housewife. But your family is basically based on a cutural idea. As you played soccer and table tennis which most boys played, peers at school helped you "doing gender," too. Girls and boys play separately gives an idea of socialization of children when defining their sex roles in the institutions.
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