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Throughout the history, in the family, man was the one with power who did the work that need that. Women was mostly at home handling the house-work; cooking dinner, washing dishes and etc.

With the development in science and tecnology; some changes in the division of labor of the family had also got into a development phase. Women started to work and bring food, money; simply started do the works of men. The money is the key to buying and this power was a chance to decide what to do with their lives and in case of a family, deciding for them aswell. Before the phase of earning money of women, men had more power on such decisions. This also changed and couples started to talk over those things and decide with two, but not one.

In my family, my mother is a proffesor at Istanbul University, my dad is a doctor. Also, I have a little sister aswell. My parents, both of them earn a good amount of money which is a plus to family’s economy. However, some things hadn’t chance much. Most of the time my mother is the that cooks, goes to shopping (for food), takes my sister from school on fridays. But I can’t say that my dad doesn’t do anything at all. He also goes to shopping on weekends, takes care of my sister’s homeworks and sometimes buys cooked meal for dinner to give my mum a chance to relax.

This should be the way of living together, sharing the works and letting all to have chance to rest and enjoy life. I like the way they live and what I like more is, asking for my opinion aswell. Since my 20 years old, they talk to me like an adult and give chance to me with the decisions for my family, the place that I live in and have peace.