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Chapter 3 Families and Work

• 1) Social Construction of Devaluing Work in the
  Home
• A) In agricultural economies, work and home were
  not separate. Work was interrelated (wheat as an
  example). Men and Women worked long, hard hours.
  Children worked as well.

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• A) Continuation
• In agricultural and HG societies, men and womens
  work were perceived as integral to each
  other.why?
• Womens work in industrial economies have
  increased with technological inventions.
• How?

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• 1) Social Construction of Devaluing Work in the
  Home
• B) Today, we tend to devalue work in the home
  and over- value work for pay.
• Evidence new welfare laws babysitting, divorce
  and whose money is it?, housecleaning, daycare.

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• Why dont we value such work?
• Perceive it as unskilled
• Dont consider it as contributing to societys
  survival
• Women are supposed to be responsible for it.

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• Work in the home contributes to society
• Perpetuates present workforce
• Perpetuates future workforce.

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Chapter 3 Families and Work

• 2) Social Construction of the Private/Public
  Split
• A) Absence of families is seen as norm of the
  workplace
• Workplace commitment means you put work first.
  Who can do this? Why?

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• 2) Social Construction of the Private/Public
  Split
• B) Problems with the P/P split
• Lower productivity at work
• Family conflict
• Misunderstanding feminization of poverty

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Chapter 3 Families and Work

• 1) Solutions
• A) FMLA and solutions in other countries
• Sweden90 pay for 12 months, split between
  parents unpaid leave until 18 months 6 hours
  day until kid is 8.
• France 100 pay 6 weeks before and 10 weeks
  after free daycare, 2 years job protection.
• Germany 100 pay 6 weeks before and 4/5 months
  after. Flat wage for every mother. Job
  protection for 1 year.
• All European countries have 35 hour work week,
  free medical care and at least 4 weeks paid
  vacation.
• B) Flex Time, shared work block schedules, job
  sharing.

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Second Shift and Feeding the Family

• Important Concepts
• Gender Ideology, Gender Identity, Gender Strategy
• 2) Leisure Gap
• 3) Family Myth
• 4) Invisible Work
• 5) Work/Love dichotomy