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Imagine a world where children are born without a father, mother, or even a family to raise them, where society is built on human instinct and the "American Dream" consists of the corporate job and a two-story house without the family. Although this image sounds outrageous, famed author Barbara Ehrenreich, in her essay "Are Families Dangerous," insists that families are directly linked to the murderous crimes that exist in today's society. Even though Ehrenreich makes valid points in her essay, to say that the cause of crimes today correlates to family is absurd; no one is perfect so how can a family be perfect also? As Ehrenreich points out in her essay, child abuse and domestic violence are not rare within some families. Cases like the O.J. Simpson and Lorena Bobbit illuminate the violence that happens behind "welcome" signs on home doors and illustrate how the media turns the suspect into a celebrity. It is true that some families are "[...] so dangerously dysfunctional that they ought to be encouraged to disband right away," as Ehrenreich suggest (153). However, no
In my family, all holidays we come together at each other's home, we talk about our lives and catch up the latest gossip. t all families devote their leisure time into beating their family members. Which opens the question up, if society was based on human instinct, would I gotten any justice? To say that the "family, with its deep impacted tensions and longings, can hardly be expected to be the moral foundation of everything else" is irrational (Ehrenreich 153). The tongue can do the most damage especially when aimed at young children. What Ehrenreich fails to mention is the catastrophic crimes which happen within society more often than within the borders of a home, such as the incident at Columbine, where family questioned if the school system was safe or serial killers like Ted Bundy, who had females with dark brown hair dying their hair blonde. It is common knowledge that the saying "sticks and stones my break my bones, but words will never hurt me" is false. Mental abuse occurs when a person's self esteem is put down relentlessly over a period of time, that's when the "inner-child" must be healed. Contrary to Ehrenreich's belief that society is healing their inner-child due to abuse brought on by family is not uncommon, but rare. The question that must be answered is if families are truly the "root of all evil" according to Ehrenreich, why then do people like Ted Bundy exist to kill others within society rather than their own family members? Another conclusion Ehrenreich makes is that family members that are not physically abused are mentally abused and thus "flock to therapy groups that offer to heal the 'inner child' from damage inflicted by family life" (152). In my home, my parents said things that hurt my feelings, but what separates my family, and other families in society, from Ehrenreich's "dangerous family theory" is that the hurtful sayings were followed by an "I'm sorry," and happened rarely. With all the horrendous crimes that take place in today's society; people often look for somewhere to place the blame. It is where personality, character, morals, and beliefs are established.
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