SOCIOL 2QQ3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Noncustodial Parent, Longitudinal Study, Gartner

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCIOL 2QQ3
• Professor: Sandra Colavecchia

Document Summary

Changes in work and family: female labour force participation & aging population. As people get older, they care about their pension, and after one failed relationship where women can take half of man"s pension, they can"t risk a second relationship failure. Narrowing women doing less/ lowering their standards. Consequences of failing to perform unpaid labour/caregiving, ex. missing deadlines for school trips. Also includes, failure to address medical needs for family member before it"s severe. Heterosexual couples say things are fair, even if they aren"t because women statistically do more unpaid labour. You can"t change the other person you"re in a relationship with pattern already established within household. Inequality in childcare seen as more acceptable. Sandberg : leaning in women deciding not to climb corporate ladder. Challenges faced by parents of children with disabilities. Fairly large number of canadian children will experience parental relationship instability.