To best understand one’s own culture and values, it’s helpful to compare to and contrast to another. Nearly 7,000 miles away from America is a captivating country packed full of a diverse population, that county is Israel. There are many differences and strong parallels between the two countries in the areas of family life, military, and language. Family life and values have changed over time for both Israel and America, but there are some significant differences. For example, in Israel for a woman to be socially accepted she must hold her family together, “Women who do not accept that model (being the center of the family) are often seen as failing their natural role as a woman and their national role as an Israeli”(The Centrality of). Consequently, …show more content…
This importance around the mother often causes a strong respect towards the mothers and strong values towards family involvement. This center around family stems from the Jewish beliefs that family must come first. Whereas in America “there is no longer one dominant family form in the U.S.”(The American Family). Family life greatly differs from household to household and that may be because “more moms have entered the labor force, more have become breadwinners”(The American Family). There may be respect towards the mother and father, but daily life typically does not depend on one or the other. Also American households are often primarily secular, so there is nothing really binding them to a devoted family life. Although the structure of families in Israel and America are different, many of the same values are shared. For example both value …show more content…
However, both countries have different reasons and impacts in their military success. For example, America’s military force is on volunteer basis, no one is forced to enlist unless there are desperate measures. People step up to protect their country, because they’re full of nationalist pride, which is a strong American value. One American recruit says “I feel it is necessary for myself -- more for my children, to secure their future”(Voa.). Americans are prideful of their country and will risk their lives to see that it is protected. Conversely, “all Jewish men are required to do 3 years of regular army service”(Kaplan) and “The Jewish population makes up 6,484,000 (74.7%)”(Vital Statistics). One may think that because the Jewish are forced to serve they would be remorseful about their duty. However, it is on the contrary. Like America, the people of Israel are also proud to the serve and protect their country, and many continue to serve even after the their three years are up. Another similarity, is that both countries are ranked in the top 15 for highest military spendings (McCarthy). This clearly proves that protection of the people is a high value in both countries. However this high spending is definitely going to affect their economies, and therefore affect their people. Their people are going to feel more secure that their homes are properly protected. But they may also feel as though
People who join the army express patriotism and sacrifice
Being that they are both proud nations, they expect their citizens to give back. In Rome, citizens were required to vote, sit on jury and serve in the army. America has a similar expectation from their citizens, but to a lesser degree. Citizens of the United States are not forced to vote, but they do have the liberty to vote for whom they please. American citizens aren’t forced to be apart of the army unless the country is in times of need, in that case there is a draft.
As an American, I believe that the people that have fought in the wars for our country are some of the strongest and some of the most well respected people in this world. My uncle was in the army and because of it, he is a stronger human being. He also is dependable and trustworthy person. He learned that from the places he was at and the things he saw. People that come back from serving might not be the same because of what they saw or what happened to them.
Moreover, this is because, “women are more likely to have a relational orientation than men” (Campos, Aquilera, Ullman, & Schetter, 2014, p. 192). Women are usually the ones that maintain the family bonds and benefit more of the closeness and support from the family. Nevertheless, women still feel more compromised of keeping the bond, and if an issue surges they are more likely to stress due to the conflict (Campos, Aquilera, Ullman, & Schetter, 2014). • Around the world, it appears familism is coming to an end. What are the economic, political and cultural implications of the changes underway in the traditional family unit?
There are an insane number of Americans that volunteer to be in our military every year. Why do you think there is so many that continue to volunteer for our military and choose to serve our country? What do you think is their reasoning or motivation behind their choice of entering the military? Do you think they have selfish or personal reasons for making the decision that they did? Or do you think that they made the choice they did because they honestly just want to service our country because they think it is the right thing to do?
John F. Kennedy once said,” Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country” (Inaugural Address, 20 January 1961) global conflicts only seem to grow, the United States Military should stay on top. I strongly believe that every able bodied citizen that calls the United States home should serve in the Military for at least two years. If you call yourself a real American then you will agree with my opinions. All citizens should rely on their own working. Sadly, this is not true in America.
In the United States, serving in the military is seen as a model of true patriotism, and rightfully so. Service members train for 10 weeks in their transition from civilian to a soldier. They train to be able to endure all the hardships that may come their way. Service members have to be in the best physical shape to serve and because of all that they do, they are thought of as brave and selfless people. Service members make extreme sacrifices to defend our country and act selflessly by doing so; it is fitting that they are seen as heroes by many Americans.
The children learned basic norms and values from the parents. The parents supply the economic needs for the child such as foods and education (ResviseSociology, 2014). In a family, different person performs different role and function such as a mother should take care of her child. The important is the child can feel the love and support from their parents (Gordon, 1997). Family dysfunction may appear in broken families, violent families and divorced families, etc.
Due to the strong disconnect between American society and the military we have a skewed view of our military involvement in foreign affairs. As a whole Americans often find themselves wrapped up in a catchy slogans and a patriotic call to serve. For example, when President Bush cried for “Boots on the Ground” thousands of Americans answered the call. Only to have the American public pleading for pull back years later.
I believe that every family has their own roots, essence, uniqueness, beliefs and thoughts, some families have both parents, some just the mother, just the father, two mothers or two fathers, they might have an only child or two, or maybe 5 or even 10, therefore, those children start learning all these things from their family and surroundings, they ask questions, they imitate each other’s actions and are constantly learning and trying to catch as much information and experiences as possible. Children are growing fast, their parents are their role models, they learn mostly from them; parents have the tremendous job of forming good citizens that provide to society, healthy and happy beings that keep growing as humans in every stage of their