Download PERFORMANCE TASK 3 - SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY ABOUT GENDER ROLES, OFW, FAMILY RELATIONS and more Essays (university) Social Psychology in PDF only on Docsity! PERFORMANCE TASK 3 - SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY Direction: Explain your understanding about the following questions. 1. Do gender roles in the Filipino family still exist in today’s generation? (5 points) Yes. As I observed in many households, gender roles still exist in today’s generation wherein the Mother stays at home doing household chores like laundry, cooking, taking care of children. If not, the mother is also working but when she came home she is the one responsible for doing household chores. While the Father is working all day to provide financial support to the family. When he came home, he just wait for the food to eat. The elder brother works in a “masculine job” to provide also for financial support. The elder sister is working while also doing household chores or taking care of younger siblings at home. However, in our family, we somehow break the gender roles in today’s generation and are open to doing responsibilities not just by gender role. Both of my parents are retired and just stay at home. But the household chores are not just done by my mother. My father also does chores and is responsible for cooking, taking care of dogs, plants and sometimes he does laundry. In our family, we do chores because it needs to be done, not because we are dictated by our gender or “this is your role because you are a girl… or a boy”. I think some Filipino families have also the same principle in their house. But like I said, we can’t deny the fact that gender role is somehow part of our culture and it still exists in many households. 2. What do you think are the challenges of families facing our present situation with family members working overseas? (5 points) When I was a child my father used to work overseas and one of the challenge we had faced at that time was communication because of different time zone and poor internet connection. Which I think somehow is also applicable as the challenges of families facing our present situation with family member working overseas. Although our present situation has a internet connection, the communication with family members working overseas is still challenging because of time differences and workloads. Sometimes family member working overseas don’t have enough time to rest and make a call to their families. Another challenges is constant worrying, because you don’t know what they are up to, if they are safe or not, if they are sick, have they eat 3 times a day, what is the status of COVID-19 in their country…. all those things and conditions become source of anxiety. Their anxiety is exacerbated by distance and the inability to be physically present to check the situation of family members.There also a disruption of plans. Because of the pandemic and the restriction to travel, many OFW can’t afford to go back to the Philippines even if they wanted to. There are cancellation of reunions and vacations. 3. As a young Filipino, how will you strengthen the values and relationship you have with your family? )5 points
