At the start of family life when children need full-time care, the male model tends to narrow the perception of choices about the role of motherhood: either stay at home and invest in childrearing activities or compete with men on equal footing by entering the labor force early and staying for the long haul. From […]
День: 14.10.2015
Having It All—One Step at a Time
At the start of family life when children need full-time care, the male model tends to narrow the perception of choices about the role of motherhood: either stay at home and invest in childrearing activities or compete with men on equal footing by entering the labor force early and staying for the long haul. From […]
Post-war Recovery and. Political Participation
Compiled from information provided by Shukri Hariirand Zeynab Mohamed Hassan with additional materialfrom documents by and interviews with Zakia Alin,Faiza Warsame, Amina M. Warsame and Maria Brons,and Sacda Abdi. Editors’ note ‘Whilst I myself felt helpless I realised there were others in greater need and I felt moved to help them.’1 This chapter is concerned […]
MODELS OF EMOTION From Darwin to Goffman
Most of the arguments about specific aspects of emotion can be traced to a more fundamental difference between what may be called the organismic and the interactional viewpoints. Before I summarize these viewpoints and state my own position, it will be useful to acknowledge two barriers to any serious inquiry on this matter: first, the […]
Dual-Earner Couples
LEARNING OBJECTIVES • What are the issues faced by employed people who care for dependents? • How do partners view the division of household chores? • What is work-family conflict? How does it affect couples’ lives? J ennifer, a 38-year-old sales clerk at a department store, feels that her husband doesn’t do his share of […]
Is rape an outgrowth of male power?
Myth. Rape is a manifestation of male political and economic power. Fact Any given black man is three limes as likely to be reported a rapist as a white man.* Do blacks suddenly have more political and economic power? Maybe rape does not derive from power, but rather from powerlessness. More on that below. Is […]
Islands of the Andaman Sea: what they?
Amazonas is the whole world isolated from a civilization. How to make stay in the jungle comfortable and unforgettable? Councils on the correct equipment and expedition program. And answer to the main issue: how to decide on this adventure? Survival course
Occupational Insecurity and Job Loss
Changing economic conditions in the United States over the past few decades (such as the move toward a global economy and most recently the economic recession), as well as changing demographics, have forced many people out of their jobs. Heavy manufacturing and support businesses (such as the steel, oil, and automotive industries) and farming were […]
INSIDE THE CLOCKWORK OF MALE CAREERS
An offhand remark made to me years ago has haunted me more and more ever since. I was talking at lunch with an acquaintance, and the talk turned, as it often does among women academicians just before it’s time to part, to “how you manage” a full teaching schedule and family and how you feel […]
INSIDE THE CLOCKWORK OF MALE CAREERS
An offhand remark made to me years ago has haunted me more and more ever since. I was talking at lunch with an acquaintance, and the talk turned, as it often does among women academicians just before it’s time to part, to “how you manage” a full teaching schedule and family and how you feel […]