chapter 8 Flashcards
what is the most common pathway out of poverty for low income mothers?
getting married/common law
life history analysis looks at 3 things? what is the relationship between then
1) families 2) state 3) market these relations are actualized through CAGE -> changing through the life courses
who talks about families in decline?
David popenoe
david popenoe argues that families no longer provide 5 things. List them
1) pro-creation 2) socialization 3) caring 4) economic support 5) sexual regulation
today there is a decline in fertility. t or f
true
discuss the marital role and women with regards to income
marital role is erroding as women make more money
what is the role of the state and families with regards to women’s struggles (think of it from a gendered way with economic relations)?
the state reorganizes the workforce - the state maintains social relations for the sake of the accumulation of wealth for some - the family becomes a sight for doing this
discuss the trends in the changes in families
- marriages down
- divorces up
- more lone-parent families (mostly woman led)
- more blended families
- increase in staying single
- increase in non-family living
what are the issues with Popenoes views
- strict view of family
- disregards womens violence and oppression in families
- problem with how to define a family
what are the 2 ways to define a family?
- family is constructed as a middle class form
- ideology - breadwinner model
how is family “constructed as a middle class form?”
- based on the white family
- focuses on experience of women
- family a place to escape ethnic oppression in public shperes
- used to frame discriminatory immigration
- family welfare policies
- nation building strategies
how are men and women portrayed in the “ideology - Breadwinner model”
Men = productive
women = reproductive
what are the 3 main points when discussing the “domestic labour” aspect of the family
- maintaining the household
- caring for members
- consumptions or making ends meet
discuss the “maintaining the household” point of the domestic labour of the family
- women do more housework
- womens daily acts (cooking, cleaning, ect)
- men periodically maintain the house
discuss the “caring for members” point of the domestic labour of the family
- women primarily responsible for childcare
- work done by men and women varies according to employment and parental status
- the double shift -> woman do more even though they still have work -> they still need to cook clean ect
- women also caring for parents
- sandwich generation
- divisions of domestic labour
discuss the ‘consumption or making ends meet” point about the domestic labour of the family
- economic caring depends on income levels
- pin money example from class
- low incomers are strategic and creative
- women budgeting food
___ and ___ structure the likely hood of experiencing violence
gender and age
domestic violence mostly affects all individuals in the family. t or f
False
- disproportionately affect children, women, and the elderly
intimate partner violence is highest among __ to __ year olds
15-24
women who have relatively low power over their lives and in the public sphere are more likely to commit domestic violence
FALSE: men are
boys physically and girls sexually experience abuse unequally
FALSE: equally
what is structured dependence
women are dependent on men and are unlikely to leave abusive relationships
- 75% of women return
heterosexuality is natural - it is a mechanism whereby men maintain their power and privilege. t or f
FALSE: Heterosexuality is unnatural
____ reinforces compulsory heterosexuality
Capitalism
how does capital reinforce compulsory heterosexuality?
- womens success at work tied to their feminity
- women often endure sexual harrasment to keep their jobs
- women more economically dependent cuz they earn less
how does marriage regulate sexual relations?
relationship b/w sex and economic dependency
concluding remarks, how can we explain family inequality?
- studies focus on individual differences and ignore structures
- couples that have more income parity have more equitable relations
what conclusions can we make about CAGE and Family?
- division of household labour has changed little
- persistence of abuse within families
- popenoe and other new-conservatives see families in decline; others see change as positive
