PS287 Study Guide - Final Guide: Sexual Coercion, Quid Pro Quo, Historically Black Colleges And Universities
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Gender chapter 12: paid worker role and health. Past television shows: traditional nuclear families, men worked outside the home in a suit, women worked inside the home in a dress. Contrast scenario; today"s single-parent families, woman are responsible for emotional, practical, and economic support for children. More recent television shows: contrast traditional roles, single-mothers, gay couples with adopted children, even traditional nuclear families are depicted differently (both parents working and raising children) Societal signs of shift; family restrooms: where both men and women can change their children"s diapers. Women and men juggle multiple roles; spouse, parent, paid employee. Role: a position in society governed by a set of norms (expectations for behaviour) Role conflict; each role has different norms to adhere to. Paid worker role; gender discrimination, pay disparity, sexual harassment. Differential exposure hypothesis: differences in the kinds of roles women and men possess explain sex differences in health.
