PSYC 3630 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: House Husbands, Occupational Segregation, Sheryl Sandberg
5 May 2019
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March 6th, work and family: chapter 13 dropped from midterm, reasons for working, supporting themselves and dependents with food and necessities, personal satisfaction, enhance self-esteem, research has shown that the more active you are, the better your aging. People are working more in older ages for retirement: men"s work and family roles, good provider role: the economic provider of the family predominated into the. 1970s: men work more hours and are more likely work full-time. He has become an advocate for stay at home parents: women"s work and family roles, women"s involvement in the workforce really took off in the 20th century. These days, 6 out of 10 women are part of the work force. Women are involved in some capacity in the work force: graph that shows how things have changed: in the 1975 only 37% of families where both parents worked, 2011 59%. The kinds o jobs women are attracted to, pay less (teachers, nurses, vs. engineers, stem).
