Sociology: chapter 12

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Approximately what percentage of Americans marry at some point in their lives?

Fact that Americans are individualistic and evaluate their marriages in personal terms

In his book The Marriage Go- Round: the State of Marriage and the Family in America Today (2009), Sociologist Andrew Charlin proposes that Americas "love-hate" relationship with marriage stems from the:

Both the decreased's future earnings and his or her estimated contributions to the families unpaid household work where measured to determine the families amount of compensation

A powerful example of the devaluation of housework in the United States was the original September 11 victim compensation fund. Ultimately, after feminist group lobby the US government, what happened ?

African-American women have always had to combine work and family

ATV director pictures the idea of remaking the adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, but with African-American characters. And African American producers says "this is a terrible idea! The family never could have been black!" Why was the traditional family depicted in the adventures of Ozzie and Harriet never a reality for African-American families?

Siblings on siblings

According to your textbook, the most frequent form of domestic violence is:

Gender factory

Amy and her husband Seamus both work. Outside working hours, Amy does most of the housework and Seamus serves on the local city Council. Sarah Fenstremaker Berk, Who studies family roll formation, has called the family a:

Second shift

Amy is a married woman with children. She and her partner Alen both work full-time jobs. When they come home, Amy makes dinner, clean, and tend to the children for their evening. Alan helps with thes things sometimes, but many days he rests after work. If Arlie Hochschild saw this household, she would say Amy is experiencing the:

Family is a universal human institution

Anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski (1913) examined the family structure of non-traditional cultures and settled a long standing debate when he concluded that:

Their extrafamilial female networks

Black and poor women in the United States have come to rely on which of the following in order to manage childcare and work responsibilities?

A blended family

Col's parents divorced when he was six, but now both of them are remarried. He has two stepsisters on his mother's side and a new stepbrother on his father's side. These families are examples of which of the following types of family?

Endogamy

Gausa has fallen in love with Niso, A man who is outside her ethnic group. Her family shames her and convinces her to marry Xhoso, A man within her group. Gausa is following her ethnic groups rule of:

Extended

Grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins who live together in a multi generational household are considered________________family.

Exogamy

If Jerome won't have a relationship with someone who lives in his dormitory, which she jokingly referred to as a "dorm-vest" he is practicing the rule known as

30%

In 2007, intimate partner violence and accountered for more than 2300 deaths. What percentage of these victims were male?

Exogamy

In her native country of India, Malina's Family would have insisted that she marry someone of a similar ethnicity and social class. Her family has immigrated to the United States, and though her family disapproves, Malina marries a Hawaiian man she has fallen in love with. Her choice reflects her preference for the US marriage rule of:

Marrying someone significantly different in age, race, social class, and religion is often met with this approval from others

In much of the western world, choice of a marriage partner is influenced by age, education, class, race, and religion. Which of the following explains this tendency?

Polyandry

In some rural area of Asia, Women can have several husbands at one time. This practice is known as:

Steadily rising since the 19th century

It is commonly perceived that the divorce rate is skyrocketing since the 1950s, but actually divorce rates in the United States have been:

Their origins in geography or so diverse

It is difficult to make generalizations about Latino families in the United States because:

monogamy

James has had four wives, but this is legal in the United States because he was married to only one at a time. This legally reflects a rule of:

Kinship

John and Monique are married. Both of their parents live with them, as does John's sister and brother-in-law and some nieces and nephews. This is known as a__________network.

Polygyny

John has two wives because his society allows:

Even with only her self to support and juggling two or more jobs, she could not afford to live off her wages

Journalist Barbara Ehrenreich traveled around the country to study firsthand what it was like to "get by" working low-wage jobs. Which of the following is true about her experiences?

Facing ostracism from within one's community

Marriages that cross racial and ethnic lines have become more common in the United States, although most US marriages are still racially and ethnically endogamous. What factors might discourage exogamy:

Cult of domesticity

Melissa keeps a poster showing the Victorian feminine domestic ideal in her dorm room. She says she loves imagining the past when women's worlds were at home and women supported each other in child rearing. Melissa enjoys imagining the:

Are likely more excepting of divorce

Michael and Shawn are cohabitating. They love each other, but sociological research predicts that, when they do marry, they will face a higher risk of divorce. Sociologist believe this is because they:

Her aunt

Nani is Zambian girl who needs advice regarding friendship conflict. Following the norms of her culture, she is likely to seek advice from:

how gender roles are learned at home

On most weekends the Smith, who have one son and two daughters, do their assigned chores. The son mows the lawn and helps his dad with automobile maintenance, while the girls help clean the house and prepare the meals. This distribution of chores reflex:

Thought as a small adults who didn't warrant any special treatment or nurturing

Phillipe Aries wrote that children of pre-industrial families were:

growing acceptance of exogamy

Recent trends in marriages between people from different races or ethnic groups indicate a:

Women do the housework and men help out

Recent trends indicate that weekly hours of housework done by men and women are converging. Which of the following statements indicates how household labor is divided by gender?

Fair

Rodney and Tina are a married couple with children. They split up work, chores, and childcare, and they feel the balance is pretty much equal. Sociologist Barbara Risman calls this an________family

Beanpoles

Structural changes brought on by industrialization in the United States meant that families changed the "grapevine" forms to:

Separated work and home and created new roles for men and women

Structural changes brought on by the industrial revolution had major consequences for families. One important consequence is that the industrial revolution:

Nuclear

The Firth family consist of a mother, a father, and their biological children. Sociologist classify this as an___________family.

Antimiscegenation

The Lovings embrace in this photograph. Celebrating the supreme court decision that, in Loving v. Virginia (1967), struck down America's____________laws

The post-world war II economic boom

The Ozzie and Harriet type of family was in it's prime during which time period?

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The Soron family Consists of a male breadwinner, a female housewife, and their children. A sociologist might see the Soron family as stratistically interesting, because their family type represents about_____ of today's US families

Functionalists

The________________ Theory of the family, developed by Talcott Parsons, argue that nuclear families are necessary for children rearing and for fulfilling society's need for productive workers.

feminine Mistique

Though she has a husband, children, and adequate income, a housewife feels lost, aimless, and sad. She doesn't have a name for what she feels. If she were to interrupt the housewives experience though Betty Friedan's framework, you'd say the housewife is experiencing the:

The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act

Which 1996 legislation led to national welfare reform during the Clinton administration?

An increase in real wages

Which of the following factors contributed to the development of the ideal of the traditional family (male breadwinner and female homemaker) in post World War II America?

To promote self-sufficiency and personal responsibility

Which of the following was a motivation for the welfare reforms of 1996?

An idealized version of American family life in the 1950s

Which of the statements is true concerning the domestic world of Ozzie and Harriet portrayed in the 1950s television program? The program was a good portrayal of:

Betty Friedan

Who wrote the feminine mystique (1963)?