FRHD 1020 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Amniocentesis, Stepfamily
Document Summary
The social script: myth of motherhood motherhood is an instinct that will fulfill a woman, women who do not have children are often considered antisocial or psychologically defective, myth that you need a boy and girl to have a well rounded family, structural functional concept without all four the family is left incomplete, women in their 30s and 40s seek to have a child while they still can either with a partner or artificially. 7 8% of canadians remain childless: by age 40, more than 10% intend to remain childless, fear that their relationship will be damaged, women fear giving up the equality in their relationship, some don"t want to sacrifice their career, want to keep their options open to new experiences, want to learn about the world, don"t have a partner that they want to have children with, face disadvantages: priority given to those with children in the workplace.