I was watching “I Love Lucy” at the gym this morning, and it was the episode where Lucy and Ethel want to learn to speak French so they can order at a French restaurant. As they begin their lessons with their French teacher, one of the first questions Lucy asks is why some words have “la” and “le” before them. The teacher says that it is because everything is either masculine or feminine unlike in America. Lucy responds by saying, “apparently you don’t know this country.” It made me think about how much the time has changed since then. Lucy was in reference to the different roles of men and a women at the time.
This episode reminded me of an article by Nel Noddings I used in my last paper. It is titled “Care Tradition: Beyond 'Add Women and Stir.” I don’t want to go into how we all need to be equal despite gender or anything at this point, but I want to share a couple of thoughts on the changing roles of women in society. Nel Noddings brings out an idea that now that the women are not taking on the “caring” carriers such as a being a stay at home mom etc... there are many caring roles that are not being carried out. It now falls into all hands to take on these roles. I will add that I think that teaching, is one of these very roles. Any thoughts?
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