Interview with an individual from different generation.
...the men are the family’s leader and everything. He must have a good financial status, shelter, and food to support his wives. The roles of the women in these families are just the same as others. Only the children’s roles change because more children are being sent to school. This is because this particular family had enough money to educate their children. Things changes in Malaysia when I just seen small type of families. Some families just consist of a pair of couples with no children and some only had a child. QUESTION 2: How are they different today? ANSWER: From my observation, I have found out that from my old time until now, the drastic changes occurs in the women’s role either in the family or society. When I was young, women’s can be considered as servant to their husband and now the women’s has their own status in society and begin to gain respects from others. The financial status of the family’s now is not only the husband’s responsibilities but the wife’s too. Other change that happens is the age for marriage. When I get married last time, I was just 13 years old but now day’s women get married only after 20 or 22 years old. The numbers of children in a family also are decreasing over time. Last time the average numbers of children in my village are 6 but now some couple’s just having 1 child and the average numbers of children (based on a general survey in a main city in Malaysia) is 1. The next issue is different type of marriage that formed by human overtime. Last time there is no such word as same sex family but now this type of marriage spread all over the world. This can be clarified as new a change that happens now. QUESTION 3: What responsibilities did you have in the household while you were growing up? ANSWER: As a daughter, I must learn how to respect others especially my mother, father, and all other blood relatives to avoid anyone to tell badly about myself. By 11 years old, I need to know how to do all the house work including sweeping and cooking. In addition, I also need to take care of my younger brothers and my younger sisters. As a wife, I need to serve my husband and also take care of him. I need to wake up early in the morning and prepare breakfast for the entire family. After sent all my children to school and my husband to work, I need to clean the house and after that session, I’ll need to prepare lunch. After all my children came back from school, I need to guide them in doing their school homework. Then, after my husband came back from work, I need to help him by hearing his problems which will help him to relax. These all are my daily routine and can be considered as my responsibilities in my family. QUESTION 4: What were three important rules that you had in your family? ANSWER: The first rule that I had in my family is punctuality which means everyone must follow the timetables or planning properly according to the situation. My entire family members followed it well. Because of this rule, we can have everything done by time and it helps us a lot. The second rule is if any of my family members want to go anywhere, they must inform my husband or my father (head of the family) before they go. This rule is to avoid our family members from going to bad places. The third rule which is the most important rule in my family that we all keep it up until now is prayers. We, Muslim’s need to have prayers done by time. We need to pray 5 times per day according to the time. Therefore, the importance of this rule is we all will pray everyday and this will improve our understanding about our religion and our religious spirit. QUESTION 5: What role did religion play in your family? ANSWER: Religion really plays a big role in my family. All of my family members need to pray 5 times per day. These prayers need to done by it specific time. Other than that, these prayers also make our lives peaceful. My family members also need to follow all the religion rules such as prayers, fasting, relationship with humans, relationship with God, and relationship with others. Religion also builds up the whole spiritual structure of my family. Spiritual structure means our behavior and way of live. Most of my family members who followed all the religion rules were living peacefully and harmony than others. Finally, the religion also affects our moral values which mean our...