Importance of Gender on Filial Care
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Importance of Gender on Filial Care
Abstract
Gender has been presented as a strong aspect in Filial care of the aged in many societies. Worldwide, women are the predominant providers of informal care for the aged, disabled and with chronic medical condition family members. According to Kim and Yoo, beliefs and attitude about concern for the aged have been changing over the time, and the generation born between 1950 to 1960s has shown strong filial norms than the prior-generation. It has also been discovered that women usually have stronger filial norms compared to men their entire life (Yoo et al., 2010). Women are more emotional, and they take it upon themselves to plan for the care of their aging parents.
The predominance of women is as a result of their nature, and many unmarried women usually pay more attention to the aging parents with the aim of helping them. The culture of the society also has an impact, among the Africans, men inherit land from the aging parents, and they will end up living with them. Majority of the immigrants do not own land, and their sons are forced to look for a job elsewhere leaving their sisters to take care of the aging. Majority of the Korean Immigrants have adopted the United States culture where the daughter has more likelihood of helping their parents than the sons (Yoo et al., 2010).
In concluision, Yoo and Kim have also illustrated that modernization, secularization combined with individualism has weakened the filial obligation of elder sons taking care of their parents. Modernization has broken down the traditional family structure and females are taking over responsibilities which were left initially for men. Therefore, gender has played a significant role in establishing the degree of willingness of adult children to provide the societal obligatory filial care.
Reference
Yoo, G. J., & Kim, B. W. (2010). Remembering sacrifices: attitude and beliefs among
second-generation Korean Americans regarding family support. Journal of cross-cultural gerontology, 25(2), 165-181.
