Speaking Bitterness: Patriarchy in Asian Families  participants:
MAMAGUNZ, Sid Brown, round-round, and r.r.  MAMAGUNZ: i wanted
to talk about how parents treat sons and daughters differently
mainly because my parents have been pressuring me to do all
kinds of domestic chores and telling me things like, you have to
know how to cook because you’ll need to feed your husband in the
future. my brother, who is about 8 years younger, doesnt get
that kind of treatment. he just sits in front of his computer
after coming home from school. does nothing at all and expects
my mother to do everything for him. it seems like parents train
women to become housewives generation after generation, whereas
boys are trained to become some sort of lump on a log. what’s up
with that?  Sid Brown: its true, but boys feel a different kind
of pressure too. they have to fulfill the duty of “providing for
the family” (considering hetero-normative gender roles). for
them, they are burdened with getting a good job and to most
asian parents