Final Blog

This one is humerous (in a way). My friend just started going out with this girl. They both are the same age and have jobs; my friend works customer service at a bank and his girlfriend just became a registered nurse. She makes a considerable amount more than him per paycheck and has alot more money saved up. Naturally, she sometimes has to pay for him when they go out. He'll even make jokes about it how if he needs something but doesn't have money he can just ask "wifey". Us 3 and a couple more people planned a trip to Ecuador in August and she even paid for his plane ticket.

This brings up the old "who wears the pants in the family" issue. It's also shown how it is now possible for women to be the breadwinner in a relationship. Even though this may change since he recently graduated and is looking for a better job now, their status now may have people to believe that she is in charge. In actuality, they view each other as equalsand make all their decisions together. Even though he's promised to pay her back everything she's given him, chances are knowing her she won't let him.

This also presents other questioning issues. It's still pretty natural for people to feel that money means success (no matter what people may say); there are definitely still women target men who are rich, even if they are themselves financially stable. I think this somehow stereotypes the old school thoughts of how women are dependent on men. However, I think the standard of choosing love over money is getting stronger now, especially with how far women movements have come over the years. It's also starting to show that men are starting to adjust to this fact and realizing money isn't everything.

I think this is convenient for the last week because it's showing the advancement of both genders, which is what I think this class is meant to teach us. I think equality is slowly but surely being reached