SOC314H1 Chapter : SOC314 Week 1 Readings
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Increase of mothers into the workplace, combined with the rise of alternatives to lifelong marriage, create a patchwork of domestic arrangements that bears little resemblance to the. During this period, children see their mothers go through various transitions in regards to home/work relations and balancing. Example: mothers moving back and forth between full-time work, part-time work and no job at all. For fathers, family wage no longer a reality, most men now need earnings of partner in order to support a family. Consequences of this revolution: more diverse and egalitarian models of family life. Today s young women and men have grown up in revolutionary times. They have developed new opinions about women and men s proper places. The sociological imagination - the intersection of biography, history and social structure. Many traditional households underwent significant shifts as parents changed their work situation or marriage faced a crisis.
