SOAN 3100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Shift Work, Gender Role, Nuclear Family

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology and Anthropology
• Course: SOAN 3100
• Professor: Sharada Srnivasan

Document Summary

Main concept: ideology a body of ideas about human life that shape behavior and other things within the world and everyday life. Significance of the nuclear family form: continues to be the ideal family form even though it is still challenged. It is the basis for a lot of policies that affect our everyday lives (benefits, state provision, laws: thus, the things we live behind are based on this fundamental unit. They are hard to change and change around them. Continue to do most of the family work: rise of non-standard work. Changes in work for men and women: women"s labor force participate rates increased, migration opportunity and sacrifice (global care work skilled to work, Low wages, little job security and few benefits new mother arrangements) women are more likely to sacrifice. Interactions with family institutions and families in general.