A sexist Family?

Question

okay, so i just turned 13 and i have 4 siblings: 3 brothers and 1 sister who has down syndrum. my family came from pakastan where girls learned to cook and clean at early ages. but i was raised here and have learned that women can do whatever men can. i love sports and show it a lot. my brothers are addicted to computers(im lucky to get a chance on right now). my mother was raised in pakastan and had a hard life of cooking and cleaning since she was the oldest girl between her siblings. now she wants me to start doing work. she expects me to know everything there is to cooking and cleaning as if was born with the abilities. for example: i read a book while my brothers r being there nerdy selves on the computer. she picks me to do all the laundry. my father could care less. all he does is eat sleep and work. i try to talk to my mom about this but she usually changes the subject or says thats why god made women. what should i do?

Answer 1

Do after school activites so you're at home as little as possible. Get good grades so you can get scholarships to college. Then you can support yourself as an adult and spend the rest of your entire life paying them back for all of their kindnesses.

Answer 2

Happy birthday.

Learning to cook is not a bad skill, and it's one of many skills that you can carry on with you when you leave home.

You have the oppurtunity to go to college after high school, so keep your grades up and go there!! You don't have to live the way that your mother was raised.

Answer 3

It takes time for your mom to change her way of thinking. But anyway, it does not hurt to learn some housework. Eventually it will help you when you grow up and move to other places. Maybe you want to ask your brothers to help your mom and you once in a while? I do not think they loathe the housework.

Answer 4

You do as your mother ask...You will not be living at home forever, give your mother a hand for heaven sakes...

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