SOCC24H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Social Constructionism, Headnote, Parental Leave
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Cet article presente les conclusions d"une etude qui traite d"une serie d"entrevues en profondeur de couples hdterosexuels en voie de devenir parents. 1"6tude etait de mieux comprendre comment le fait de devenir parents produit des differences dans les roles attribues aux sexes et des inegalites entre eux. En se concentrant sur les relations sociales changeantes de la maternity, la discussion tourne autour de quatre ajustements dans la vie de la femme: This paper presents findings from a study involving a series of in-depth interviews of heterosexual couples as they made the transition to parenthood. The study was aimed at understanding how parenthood produces gender differences and inequalities. Gender inequality has been a major concern in social-science research for decades now, at least among feminist social scientists. Attention has been directed to both society and the individual-to structural divisions by gender and to social processes that create gendered activities and gendered individuals.
