Document Report: Fair Compensation
Introduction
The Kitchen Controversial article, “Why Feminists Should Embrace Home Economics” by Rebecca Traister asserts that the discipline of home economics should be tweaked, rebooted, and taught to both boys and girls across all age brackets; the article, “A Man and His Cat” by Tim Kreider suggests that on aggression, in the absence of the appropriate triggering stimulus for an instinct, the threshold of stimulus for that instinct is lowered gradually. As per the Kitchen Controversial article, there is need to reintroduce domestic education for everyone since this comes with comic number of ancillary benefits. On the other hand, the main point of Tim Kreider’s article is that human beings have a relationship to animals, and that people have a good ideal of self-delusion and naked projection in loving other human beings too. In this comparison and contrast essay, the central points of these two articles will be addressed and analyzed.
Comparison and Contrast of the Two Articles
In both, there is a good deal of self-delusion and naked projection involved in loving other human beings. In Rebecca Traister’s article, everyone needs to embrace home economics. Unlike in the past where home economics was taught to improve women’s lot in life by legitimizing domestic work, today’s domestic classes for boys are nurturing boys to be caring and nurturing in future (Traister 1). This concept is clearly evident in Tim Kreider’s article, as the author, who is boy, nurtures and cares for his cat. Over the last half century, men have started to contribute more and interact with children at home as parents. This concept in the kitchen controversial article is evident in Kreider’s article; for the author has learned to understand the cat and treat it the same way he treats himself (Kreider 2). What the author of “A Man and His Cat” is doing to the cat is home economics in practice.
While the Kitchen Controversial article has human characters, the “A Man and His Cat” article has both human and cat characters. First, the discipline of home economics needs a comeback. Also, co-educational home economics classes would assist women against the spirit of feminism (Traister 4). Again, men are getting more involved in parenting and other primary caretaker roles. However, gendered prejudice continues to persist on “gendered roles”. The existence of gendered prejudice attitudes needs to get rewired, so that boys get taught their obligations at their early age. In contrast, the “A Man and His Cat” article falls under common law. Jealousy for attention is experienced by both people and pets (cat). Childless people become emotionally overinvested in animals, for they want to socialize and interact at least with something. While we can predict what goes inside a person’s head, this is impossible to tell for animals. Loving an animal is less complicated; in contrast, loving a human being is more complicated (Kreider 3).
Web Article’s Allusion in the “Kitchen Controversial” Article
In Goleman’s article, “Parental Influence: New Subtleties Found”, there are new subtleties in the means parents influence moral and intellectual development of their children (Goleman 2). The first concept of this article is the corrosive role of constant parental irritability. Another concept of this article is parent’s competence in solving the dilemmas they face in shaping their children’s behaviors. Parental irritability destructs families and causes harm upon the child’s emotional well-being (Goleman 2). This article indirectly alludes to the “Kitchen Controversial” article because the latter advocates for more parenting involvement by men. In collaborative parenting, whereby both men and women understand their roles, issues of parental irritability will disappear. The former article emphasizes on the importance of communicating one’s dissatisfaction without physical aggression, a concept which Goleman’s article supports by explaining the destructive impacts of irritation on children’s behavior.
Significance of Reading the Web Article
After reading the “Kitchen Controversial” article, I was curious to understand parental influence on children behavior. By conducting further research on Goleman’s article, this did not disappoint but instead spurred me to learn more about what the “Kitchen Controversial” topic alluded. I learned that either parent might not realize that irritability communication causes heavy stress, discourages curiosity, and contributes to children disobedience (Goleman 4). Nonetheless, the “Kitchen Controversial” article is all about creating an environment where both boys and girls can become curious about life and learn to become responsible. Goleman’s article helped me understand that children of families where their parents do not collaborate in caring and nurturing them tend to exhibit behaviors of vandalism, fights, and temper tantrums at school. In the former article, the emphasis was on only mutual parental care and nurturing.
Conclusion
The subject, home economics brings enormous benefits to both boys and girls as far as acquiring life skills, problem-solving skills, and social policy skills is concerned. Staying without a family affects the individual’s emotional wellness; and having a pet to interact and play with fills the gap which people have failed to fill in such people. Nevertheless, irritable behavior by parents towards their children is also controversial, for adversely impacts on the children’s behavior. Other controversial and related topics which I might pursue for a research are (1) gendered roles and (2) surrogacy. I would pursue gendered roles research to understand the eminent changes occurring into this field, both from a school environment into the family environment. Also, I am curious to understand how surrogacy works, its risks and benefits, and its position in the society.
Work Cited
Goleman, D. “PARENTAL INFLUENCE: NEW SUBTLETIES FOUND.” 29 July 1986. The New York Times. Web. 14 May 2020. <https://www.nytimes.com/1986/07/29/science/parental-influence-new-subtleties-found.html>.
Kreider, T. “A Man and His Cat.” The New York Times (2014): 1-3. Print.
Traister, R. “KITCHEN CONTROVERSIAL: WHY FEMINISTS SHOULD EMBRACE HOME ECONOMICS.” The Mall (2014): 1-4. Print.