SOC214H1 Lecture Notes - Nuclear Family, Work Unit, Complete Control
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Women centred networks >based on exchange of goods and services. In this community, women were to take care of the children. Women of this time had a farely steady source of income > social assistance (very low, but stead) Men do not have access to good jobs (60"s-70"s) due to discrimination, etc. Poor african-americans are no more likely to get extended help from other kins than other middle-class ppl. Families in the filipines are usually separated b. c. the women leaves to work. >canada: programmes to bring women in from filipines, must work for their employees for 2 years, 2 years of mandatory live in service, then may apply for immigrant status. >italy you can only go in there and work for 7 years then must leave. >us after several years you may apply for citizenship. Leave filipines b. c. there is a high unemployment rate.
