SOC103H1 Chapter Notes -Child Care, Social Reproduction, Modernization Theory
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Chapter 18 the more things change the more we need child care: on the fortieth anniversary of the report on the royal. Four principles of the royal commission: women should be free to choose whether or not to take employment outside their homes, child care is a responsibility shared by the mother, the father, and society. Society has a responsibility for women because of pregnancy and child birth, and special treatment related to maternity will always be necessary. In certain areas, women will for an interim time require special treatment to overcome adverse effects of discriminatory practices. Women are not free to choose whether or not to take employment outside their homes. Children and child care are treated as private matters and individual lifestyle choices. Mothers bear the weight of social reproduction. Chapter 19 keeping the family intact: the lived experience of sheltered homeless families.
