Monday, December 8, 2014

My experience during thanksgiving

Growing up in a Haitian family, it was obvious to see that women are taught to cater to their man. One thing I will say Haitians are very blunt, especially men. Sometimes I go out with my parents at thanksgiving to their friends house for dinner. Because I am not really interested in their conversation, I usually go to my aunt's house because it is more people around my age that I can relate too. When I come home from dinner, I listen to my parents conversation about how they night went. In so many ways, the conversation seemed really sexist. It seemed like they were trying to say men can just relax and sip their beer at gatherings with their friends, and the woman will cook and serve the food. What's even worse is some of their friends who are happily married or in a content relationship, still talk about woman they had in their past in front of the women they have now in their present life. The awkward part about it is their women do not say anything about it. It is almost as if they feel like it is very entertaining in a way, which I don't understand because if that was me or an American they would have went off.

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