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  • Race and Ethnicity

    In terms of the concept minority group there are several groups of individuals who fall under this category. Certainly specific racial groups but also religious groups, women, the elderly, children, the disabled, the poor, and homosexuals are...

    • Posted January 17, 2014
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  • Gender, Work and the Economy

      According to the U.S. Census Bureau, full-time working women earn, on average, 75.5 cents for every one dollar earned by men. There are two sides to the “pay gap” debate. One side believes that the country...

    • Posted January 17, 2014
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  • Gender and the Family

    The Postmodern Family DIVERSITY OF CONTEMPORARY FAMILIES American men and women are slowly moving toward a blending of gender and family roles and away from traditional notions of wives and husbands, mothers and fathers. There is a...

    • Posted January 17, 2014
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  • Gender and Social Inequality

    Let’s open this section with a bit of humor. A couple years ago I read the following list: IF MEN GOT PREGNANT 1. Maternity leave would last two years – with full pay. 2. Men would stay...

    • Posted January 17, 2014
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  • Education Lecture

      Malcolm X tells the story of what he was told by one of his teachers: “I know that he probably meant well in what he happened to advise me that day. I doubt hat he meant...

    • Posted January 17, 2014
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  • Lecture Notes on Culture

    Our culture is a major part of our socialization. Our specific culture, whether it be the American culture or ethnic culture teaches us norms, values, and beliefs. The most prominent aspect of our culture is language. For,...

    • Posted January 17, 2014
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  • Stats on U.S. Families: Characteristics, Changes, and Issues

    Family Organization Traditional: extended family form, power resided in elders, kin-group located near, married into kin groups with similar norms, constant from one generation to the next (orderly replacement) Pluralism: many and varied forms of marital and...

    • Posted January 17, 2014
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  • Notes on The Parental System

    Transition to Parenthood Time is the major problem (Ralph LaRossa): sleep time, television time, communication time, sex time, and bathroom time) Mothers’ Role Primary caretaker Maternal duty – nurturing role Especially with young children More involvement throughout...

    • Posted January 17, 2014
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  • The Family, Work and Roles

    AMERICAN FAMILY TODAY 2000 Census – typical American family is now a dual-earner family 58.6% of children under 6 – both parents working 55% of mothers with children under 1 year old were working or looking for...

    • Posted January 17, 2014
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  • THE FAMILY and “PLAYING FIELD”

    Our playing field is the situation we are born into and how it affects us. It is the tools we have to work with in our lives or what we have available to us and the specific...

    • Posted January 17, 2014
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