SOC101Y1 Chapter : Families notes
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In considering future and family, most envision a relationship in which work and responsibility, as well as intimacy and joy, are shared but is often not the case. Today, many women expect men to be emotionally open in ways that women tend to find easy, in addition to aggressively pursuing occupational success and sharing the housework. Lesbians and gays face even greater challenges creating families in a society organized around heterosexuality and gender divisions. Parenthood without a partner is also particularly difficult: while two-earner couples find juggling income earning and child care stressful, the task increases exponentially for a lone parent. Inequalities based on social class and the disadvantages women and racial minorities face in the labor force provide the inhospitable context in which all canadians build their families. y. Indeed, inequalities based on social class and the disadvantages women and racial minorities face in the labor force provide the inhospitable context in which all.
