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what is march of progress?

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refers to how humans have evolved over 25 million years

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what is domestic labour?

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refers to the different roles and responsibilities that need to be completed within the household

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what is intersectionality?

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theory that outlines the overlapping discrimination. the factors could be:
gender, race, sexuality, class, disability etc

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what is social mobility?

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the movement between upper or lower in social class

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what is conjugal roles?

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couples sharing childcare and housework and both were paid in employment

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what is a symmetrical family?

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family where the domestic division of labour is equal

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what is ideology ( sociology term ) :

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set of ideas or beliefs that justify inequality & maintain the capitalist system, persuading people to think it’s fair

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what is a consensus?

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it’s a general agreement

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modernism:

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perspective that society has a predictable structure to gain scientific knowledge of how society functions

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postmodernism:

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perspective that rejects the modernist’s believe and that there is true knowledge.
instead focus on reflecting and celebrating social diversity

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