06: The Gendered Family: Gender at the Heart of the Home

Question 1

separation of spheres

Answer 1

19th century ideology that distinguishes between private and public in a new way, separating the world of family and love from the world of politics, and competition

Question 2

marriage premium

Answer 2

the additional health, well-being, and economic benefits supposedly enjoyed by married people relative to unmarried

Question 3

content over form

Answer 3

what matters is content of the family, not its form