SOC 603 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Fay Weldon, Blue-Collar Worker, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
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Suffer intense guild regardless of how much their responsibilities no matter how much the responsibilities of taking care of elders impedes on their lives. Guilt is the primary mechanism of social control. Doesn"t mean women don"t care about their families, they try avoid criticism and self criticism. Subjects had to take on extremely high levels of responsibility for the care of their aging mothers. Males make use of dominant ideologies about such a roles in order to absolve themselves of responsibility. Authors research indicates, women experience high level of inattention. It becomes a given that these women are expected to do everything, while men are expected to do nothing. Prevailing ideologies provide images that lead us to carry on these ideologies. Systematic disadvantage, acceptance as natural, both the structural constraints that is the lack of alternative sources of resistance. These two come together to shape duty and obligation for women. Interplay between personal experience and wider social structure.
